Sentences with phrase «independent challenger»

In Congress there are 540 elected positions, each contested by at least two parties (ignoring independent challengers), with each party having multiple candidates attempting to become the party's nominee for that position.

Alaska governor Sean Parnell has officially conceded defeat to Independent challenger Bill Walker, concluding that there are not enough uncounted or disputed ballots to change the outcome of the election.

Incumbent Highway Superintendent William Sherman — running on both Republican and Democratic lines, defeated independent challenger Stephen Breault by a vote of 648 to 78.

And Bo Dietl, a former police detective and independent challenger, said he would be on Staten Island on Wednesday «to hound Mayor Big Bird de Blasio.»

After displaying her formidable ability to deliver call girls to Eliot Spitzer, Kristin Davis is on the November gubernatorial ballot as an Independent challenger to Andrew Cuomo, running on a pro-marijuana, pro-gay-marriage platform.