Sentences with phrase «in a close race in»

In close races in the Hudson Valley, GOP candidates also held on, and in a Western New York swing district that includes portions of the Buffalo area, Republicans took the post back from Democrats.

The Conservative Party's endorsement of Swanick over the freshman Republican Grisanti caused a major stir, considering the line was necessary for him defeat Sen. Antoine Thompson in a close race in 2010.

Senator Joseph Addabbo, a Democrat, and his challenger GOP City Councilman Erich Ulrich are competing in a close race in a storm ravaged district in Queens.

In a close race in the Bronx, in District 13, Marjorie Velazquez faced Mark Gjonaj, a sitting state Assembly member, among others.

In close races in the Sunshine State, the «localizing» tool appears to be most apparent.

Not exact matches

A source close to Ricketts says the billionaire now sees reelecting McConnell, along with handing him control of the Senate, as a top priority for the roughly $ 4 million Ricketts plans to invest in 2014 races.

Speaking of Google, two months ago the company announced its bid to get in on the car - as - rolling - smartphone race, saying it aims to complete its Android - vehicle integration system by the close of 2014.

Fundraising to close 2015 reflects those dynamics in the Republican race.

In Europe, opinion polls show that the race to elect the next French president is too close to call with both leading candidates losing momentum ahead of Sunday's first - round vote.

It's also the day of the Boston Marathon, when many offices in that city are closed due to the commute disruption caused by the race.

For now many analysts say it's Bristol's race to lose — though Merck, which may have an edge in getting a PD - 1 drug on the market, is close behind.

With its recent purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon is inching closer in the race to become the world's first company worth $ 1 trillion.

But the presidential race had tightened in the past week, as Trump closed in on Clinton's narrow polling lead.

But in the race to attract and convert new customers, they can sometimes leave a bad taste in the mouths of those they've already closed.

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As the news service notes, Group of Eight leaders on May 19 urged Greece to stay within the euro area as polls in the country showed a close race between parties supporting and opposing the European Union's bailout deal.

But the Clinton campaign is already dismissing a Sanders win, saying any result in a close race won't significantly alter the former secretary of state's big delegate lead.

Not since the 1999 face - off between Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan has the Best Picture race felt this close.

With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special

With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special elections have garnered extra

Honda had been closing fast on the Camry in the sales race, and last month Accord sales rose 25.8 percent, to 37,893.

10) Edmonton - Rutherford In a rematch of the closest race of the 2008 election, PC MLA Fred Horne will face former Liberal MLA Rick Miller.

The vision of the Initiative is to close the gap in access to venture capital for underrepresented segments of our community regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.

Edmonton - Sherwood Park was the second closest race in 2008, when Independent Conservative James Ford nearly defeated Conservative candidate Tim Uppal.

The tough talk comes amid and, some have argued, because of a close presidential race in which Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney want to appeal to Jewish voters.

It asked Americans whether they would be disappointed if a close family member married someone of a different race, country, political party or someone who doesn't believe in God.

Do I need to point out the 1 % the moderate conservative Huntsman got (who is the closest to centrist the GOP has in the race)?

No criminal justice system in the history of the Human race, even those established by the most despotic of tyrants, comes close to matching the unfathomable barbarity of this «infinitely benevolent» god.

So they come a close second in the race to be the first Christian website to mention Christmas.

The revolutionary is one who cuts himself off from the sinful past of the human race in a movement of «repentance» that leads to the setting up of another closed - up, unfree sphere of existence.

No criminal justice system in the history of the Human race, even those established by the most despotic of tyrants, comes close to matching the unfathomable barbarity of your «infinitely benevolent» god.

Newt Gingrich, January 2008 Newt (the irrepressible) hit on something four years ago: closing down the nomination race too early — however much a top contender might prefer that result — is probably not in the best interest of....

Well, it's winner - take - all and the race remains close (in one poll today a tie).

But throughout my life, I've had good, close friends of all races and ethnicities, either in my private life or my personal life.

When we close the Bible we are left with an all - loving God who longs to welcome all people, whatever race, gender or orientation, a God to whom everyone is precious and who has placed in every life a sacred and unbeatable purpose.

Mourners of all races, young and old, some in suits and some in T - shirts and flip - flops, walked through the parlour where Mr Graham's closed coffin lay on a black pedestal.

Many of the gubernatorial and senate races in various states this year are extremely close.

Substi.tute race for gender in all of your arguments and hopefully you can see how closed - minded they are.

It's difficult not to think of their closing paragraphs as a sermon: «It would be well for us to rejoin the human race, to accept our essential poverty as a gift, and to share our material wealth with those in need.»

In an era where a close analogy is assumed between civil rights regarding race and civil rights regarding sexual identity, the Bob Jones precedent could easily lead to the revocation of tax - exempt status for schools committed to traditional views of marriage and sexual morality.

The area of genetics is beyond me, but an easy answer to the dilemma is that the human race is now so widely dispersed that only close relations, as you have indicated, would cause problems in the offspring.

The sign of Jonah may well be that barriers of race and class that close and divide so many other communities are broken down in this community of the Spirit.

Today, the casino resort features close to 100 table games, 2,750 slot machines, year - round live and simulcast thoroughbred racing and a luxury hotel in addition to the dining amenities.

It was a close race, but in the end, Shelly's (Cookies and Cups) Favorite Vanilla Cupcakes edged out Jamie of My Baking Addiction «s by a hair's breadth.

The guys did a great job in keeping the race close and did a very nice manoeuvre around the second windward mark but the race was decided by that unfortunate incident before the start.

Missouri Valley - leading Drake played outside its league, defeating Tulane 98 - 92, while second - place Louisville and No. 3 Cincinnati each won twice in the MVC to keep the race close.

Because IRL races are run on oval tracks, with grandstands in close proximity, kiting could be disastrous.

If we had taken maximum in one of those patches we would've been still been in the race and much closer.

«We'll see over the next days and, most importantly, over the next weeks, but it's going to be close in the first race, that's for sure.

The battle for the lead in the closing laps was starting to look very juicy and it was looking set for a repeat of the 2016 race.