Sentences with phrase «in a close race over»

Rangel, first elected in 1970 in a close race over Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., has been one of the leading African American politicians in the country.

Not exact matches

«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.

It hopefully shows that even though the title appears to be over now, we could see a close race between the two most successful drivers in F1 right now.

Pogba is one of the best midfield players in the world on his day and can give the side something different in that position, while Ibrahimovic's quality and experience could be vital over the course of a close title race this season.

But the Astros should be in a close division race, which means it might be more practical to go with cost certainty over raffle tickets and long - term projects.

No athlete in history has come close to earning, strictly in sports, what Shoe has, and his account of this brimming career forms an indispensable chapter in the annals of horse racing over two decades

Mercedes accidentally called Bottas «Nico» over team radio in the closing stages, which probably didn't help his mood after a disappointing race.

Over their next three games the Oilers closed to within six points of the Kings, the beginning of a stretch in which, through Sunday, they had gone 10 -0-2-4 and vaulted into a frantic four - way race — with L.A., the Blues and the Predators — for the West's last two playoff berths.

The intent was to bring the performance level of the three manufacturers closer inline where one doesn't hold an overwhelming superiority like Toyota had last season where its drivers combined to win 16 of 36 races and saw Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Busch finish 1 - 2 in the championship and each lead over 2,000 laps.

As the European championships are drawing closer to a fantastic end, football clubs all over Europe, especially in England, are gearing up for the domestic football to begin - to set pulses racing for fans and everyone who is involved alike.

Elsewhere, this intense title race will unfold once more over the weekend as every title candidate faces a difficult fixture, that is with the exception of Arsenal who meet fellow Londoners West Ham at The Emirates in a game they should be winning with their eyes closed.

Republican incumbent Michael Venditto's lead in the 8th Senate district has narrowed to 9 votes over Democrat John Brooks after counting in the too - close - to - call Long Island race continued on Monday.

In the hotly contested AG's race, Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice has a slight edge (21 percent, with the next closest candidate, Sen. Eric Schneiderman, at 9) over her four declared Democratic primary opponents, though nearly two - thirds of voters (61 percent) remain undecided.

The last round of battleground polling I published found one clear Conservative lead and three very close races in seats where the Tory majority over Labour was between 8.8 % and 10.6 %.

Crowley is close to the Queens Democratic party, which backed Dan Garodnick over Mark - Viverito in the speaker's race.

There's also a too - close - to - call race out on Long Island in Suffolk County's 3rd AD, where Republican Assemblyman Dean Murray holds an unofficial lead of 36 votes over his Democratic challenger, Edward Hennessey, with thousands of affidavit and absentee ballots yet to be counted.

Natinoal Democrats can barely contain their glee over the revelation this morning that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — a leading GOP contender for the 2016 presidential race — was not only closely involved with lane closings on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge in September, but that those lanes were closed in a clear act of political retribution.

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.

Buerkle won the 2010 race over the incumbent Maffei by 648 votes in one of the closest House races in the nation.

Hanging over state business are both the federal corruption trial of Governor Andrew Cuomo's former top aide, Joe Percoco, which is now in jury deliberations after closing arguments last week and this year's state - level elections, including the race for governor.

West Virginia (D): Beyond the recent spats over «hicky» ads, pink marble driveways and Second - Amendment remedies to cap - and - trade legislation, this race remains close for one main reason: Gov. Joe Manchin (D), while popular among voters, is running in a state where President Obama and national Democrats remain deeply unpopular.

Democrat Nick Krupski won the first seat on the Board of Trustees by nearly 800 votes and, in the tightest race of the night, incumbent Republican Dave Bergen leads for the second seat by just five votes over running mate Glenn Goldsmith in another race too close to call.

The Democrat admitted he's eying this year's mayor's race in a lengthy New York Times Magazine article that detailed his life with wife Huma Abedin, a close aide to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and their attempts to stay out of the limelight over the past two years - until now.

A Bloomberg Politics poll showed Trump with a 19 - point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz among those likely to vote in Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary, with Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush locked in a close race for third and Ohio Gov. John Kasich showing no signs of a surge.

In that race, Democratic challenger Tom Perriello was certified the winner over incumbent Republican Rep. Virgil Goode, but the margin - less than 800 votes - was close enough for Goode to request a recount under state law.

Popular Gov. Cuomo said he's ready to appear in TV and radio ads to help put Democratic congressional candidate David Weprin over the top in the surprisingly close race to fill disgraced ex-Rep.

«It was certainly a very close race, and with over 200 absentee ballots and more coming in the outcome is not yet determined,» she said on the following afternoon.

Cuomo, a Democrat up for re-election in 2018, would maintain a massive cash advantage over all but the most wealthy self - funded candidates if the loophole is closed for gubernatorial races.

In the close race for a City Council seat, Democrat Marsha Silverman widened her lead over Republican Matthew Connolly.

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat declared victory in the Democratic primary race to succeed Rep. Charlie Rangel on Tuesday night, as he clung to a lead of just over 1,000 votes against his closest rival, Assemblyman Keith Wright.

Both times, he never came close to winning, garnering about 6 percent of the vote in the race for the 20th Senate District last fall and just over 7 percent in 2010 for the 43rd Assembly District, according to records.

Linda Rosenberg, with the Communications Workers of America, agreed that with just over two weeks before election day in a very close 24th district congressional race, there's work to be done.

Contemporary guidance in dating makes it feel like a rat race filled with a plethora of tips and tricks for snagging a keeper that usually requires each of us to come painfully close to (and sometimes over the edge of) compromising ourselves.

Over all it was a closer race than I thought it was going to be among our viewers in deciding the most popular dating service.

Board member Phyllis Landrieu, who is white (and the aunt of U.S. senator Mary Landrieu and Louisiana lieutenant governor Mitch Landrieu, who would lose a close race for mayor in the spring of 2006), proposed replacing acting district superintendent Ora Watson, who took over from Amato and is black, with Bill Roberti, who is the head of Alvarez & Marsal in New Orleans and white.

Twenty - eight years later, in the closest presidential race in modern history, youth turnout, having fallen steadily over the years, reached a new low of 36 percent.

The GT class in the American Le Mans Series has produced a good deal of excitement and close racing over the last couple of seasons, and today's qualifying at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca didn't disappoint.

Despite a run of misfortune in the last two races, Garcia and Magnussen hold a two - point margin over their four closest rivals on the strength of four runner - up finishes.

With the Pirelli World Challenge kicking off their 2018 season in our backyard, we headed over to St. Pete this morning to check out the first practice and get a closer look at the Callaway Corvette C7 GT3 - R racer that is making its North American racing debut this weekend.

Magnussen took over at that point and attempted to keep the No. 3 Corvette close in the race's final hour.

Include the fact that you will probably not get this close to a real $ 1.35 m hypercar in real life and you will soon understand Forza 6's appeal to racing fans all over the world.

The upshot is that the game comes close to that strategic purity that all RTS titles strive for — there's no distinct advantage in picking one race over another.

It's fantastic that the racing is so close in Formula E that the field doesn't spread out a ton over the course of an average race.

There are four Republicans running in the race, but Zika has raised more than $ 150,000 as of Feb. 28, while his closest opponent in the money race has pulled in just over $ 13,000.