Sentences with phrase «incumbent in a tight race»

In doing so, Cuomo is essentially daring lawmakers to take a stand on the issue before Election Day — a proposition for candidates or incumbents in tight races is virtually untenable.

The most recent Quinnipiac and SurveyUSA polls put the incumbent in a tight race against challenger Joe DioGuardi.

Not exact matches

One of the tighter City Council races is wrapping up in District 32, where incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway Beach) is working to protect his seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio.

Incumbent Republicans in four more states — Georgia, Iowa, New Mexico and South Carolina — appear more secure, but could end up in tighter races by Election Day.

Rob Simmons: $ 1,000 The Republican incumbent from Connecticut's Second District is in a tight race with Joseph Courtney.

And Democrats Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania and Gov. Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire are in tight races against incumbents.

In the tightest of Tuesday's Common Council races, Ward 9, incumbent Republican Deborah Brown led Democratic challenger Lynn Johnson by just 13 votes — 338 to 325.

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.

As Reynolds's fortunes change, he's gone from the guy in charge of doling out money to congressional Republicans in tight races to an embattled incumbent who needs his own backup.

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN)- While the official hand recount in Minnesota's tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has ended, a stack of about 1,500 challenged ballots means the announcement of a winner is still at least a few days away.

Democrat Elliott Auerbach, the incumbent county comptroller, may draw the ire of his party over a contribution to the challenger who beat out a Democratic candidate in a tight race for Ulster County Legislature last November.

In the tightest race of all, which is also too close to call, incumbent Republican Trustee David Bergen, 60, of Cutchogue leads running mate Glenn Goldsmith, 38, of Mattituck by just five votes for the second seat on the board.

Republican congressional hopeful John Katko is criticizing Democratic incumbent Rep. Dan Maffei's legislative record from his two terms in Congress as part of the latest salvo in a race that is getting tighter, according to some national political pundits.

Still, there were some signs that Democrats might manage to pick up a seat in Buffalo, where Marc C. Panepinto, a personal injury lawyer, was leading in a tight race with the incumbent, Senator Mark J. Grisanti, who is running on the Independence Party line, and Kevin T. Stocker, a lawyer who won the Republican primary in September.

Greenwood Village, Colorado (CNN)- In one of the tightest Senate races in the country, incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet is working down to the wire to get voters to the pollIn one of the tightest Senate races in the country, incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet is working down to the wire to get voters to the pollin the country, incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet is working down to the wire to get voters to the polls.

Republican incumbent Mary Beth Maio ended just ahead in tight race for District 10 with her Democratic opponent Gerard Lyons.

November 3, 2014 • In the tight Colorado Senate race, the Republican challenger, Congressman Cory Gardner, is trying to tie the incumbent to an unpopular President Obama.

In Georgia, Republican Linda Schrenko had been considered a long - shot candidate, but she defeated the incumbent, Werner Rogers, in what turned out to be a tight racIn Georgia, Republican Linda Schrenko had been considered a long - shot candidate, but she defeated the incumbent, Werner Rogers, in what turned out to be a tight racin what turned out to be a tight race.