Sentences with phrase «key races from»

The results are in for key races from yesterday's elections: in the 52nd State Senate race, Republican Fred Akshar defeats Democrat Barbara Fiala.

Not exact matches

It's as grueling as a 26 - mile race, especially when adjusting from an ecstatic, packed conference room to another mundane queue, to a fun, low - key rooftop party.

I do indeed believe, but I believe as one of a great company of men and women, from many ages, of all races and classes, rich and poor, simple and learned, who in one way or another have been drawn to find the truest key to the meaning and purpose of human existence given focal expression in Jesus Christ.

TCU emerged from Saturday as the new leader in the chaotic Big 12 race, with quarterback Kenny Hill playing the hero in a key win over West Virginia.

So, it's probably understandable if you missed a few key moments or details from the race.

In a report on the Arsenal website the Frenchman explains that he is targeting a very positive month and that the return of key players like Alexis Sanchez and Francis Coquelin from the injury list should help the team to push on and take control of the title race.

A dominant outing last week — propelled by goals from Saúl Ñíguez, Kévin Gameiro, Antoine Griezmann and Vitolo Machín — has seen Atlético race clear of their opposition and will afford Diego Simeone the opportunity to rest key players before a massive trip to Sevilla in LaLiga on Sunday.

But Allegri battened down the hatches, settled on a 3 -5-2 system, got his key players back from injury and — within a few improbable months — his side was back in a title race.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a request from Pennsylvania Republicans to block new congressional maps that could tilt several key races in Democrats» favor from being used in the midterm elections.

The New York State United Teachers union this weekend gave its endorsement to the two Democrats running this April to fill vacant seats in the chamber — two key races that could shift control of the chamber away from Republicans.

Over the weekend, Dan Padernacht, the candidate who had refused to heed Samuels» call and pressure from a plethora of Rivera backers (WFP, 1199, NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, state Demoratic Party Executive Director Charlie King et al) to quit the race, finally decided to throw in the towel, saying King had played a key role in helping him get there.

«The key to the race is how much hard work and support you get from the grass roots.»

«WFP candidates swept our priority races tonight, fending off a million - dollar expenditure from billionaires seeking to privatize education and winning key open seat races that will shape the state Assembly for years to come.

The memo was also sent to top de Blasio aides, the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, representatives from key labor unions and consulting firms that were working on the State Senate races, many of whom are now the subject of an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney's office.

In his race for the city's top job, O'Leary obtained key endorsements from Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Waterbury Republican - American, the city's best - known newspaper.

Tenney, a first - term lawmaker in the House, knocked Brindisi for the support he's receiving from Cuomo, who is making a push to aid Democrats running in key legislative swing races at both the state and federal levels.

Shimkus said he would only be satisfied if the plan, which was not made publicly available Tuesday, included the re-privatization of NYRA with key stakeholders represented, and if it honored an agreement from 2008 that granted a specific percentage of VLT revenues from Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens to the horse - racing industry.

The endorsement from Gillibrand comes the same day as Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected to stump for Democrats running in key Senate races on Long Island — a major battleground that could sway control of the narrowly divided chamber this election cycle.

We're still tracking results from last night's party primaries for key congressional races, including a pivotal contests on Long Island and in New York City.

The Ohio governor standing has risen to an all - time high among voters in Ohio — a key swing state in the presidential race, according to the latest results from a Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this week.

The 2004 election saw an unprecedented level of involvement from third - party groups seeking to influence the outcome of the presidential race and key Senate and House races.

The commissioner also asked if the local election results from yesterday where hydrofracking played a key role in races in Otsego, Sullivan, and Tompkins County.

As the country waits to hear who its next president will be Tuesday incumbent Barack Obama or Republican hopeful Mitt Romney, a team of Post staffers will be analyzing exit polling and other data — from state and county election returns to updates from Post correspondents — to call results in key states in the presidential race, in addition to closely - watched House and Senate races.

Key Congressional Races: Remember Zephyr Teachout, who primaried Andrew Cuomo from the left in 2014 and got 34 percent of the vote?

Florida: As Democrat Gwen Graham works to oust GOP Rep. Steve Southerland II, the vulnerable incumbent could benefit from GOP Gov. Rick Scott working to turn out the vote in the panhandle's 2nd District — a key area for Scott's re-election too (gubernatorial race rating: Tossup).

But a key argument of his from 2014 campaign — winning 2 - to - 1 in the Democratic heavy suburban county — is now hobbled by his being unseated in a race in which President Donald Trump proved to be an albatross.

Falk snared key endorsements in the recall race from unions, including the AFL - CIO and the statewide teachers union.

The incumbents in the town board race are Peter J. Friedel of West Shokan and Donnie VanBuren of Boiceville, who last ran four years ago as the town was still reeling from major flood damage from tropical storms Irene and Lee, with preparedness and town response the key issues at the time.

While the current New York City congressional delegation consists of 11 Democrats and one Republican, a makeup that is unlikely to change this year, results from key primaries in three swing districts outside the city have set the stage for races that could factor into which party controls the House after November's elections.

Regardless, the mayoral candidates certainly seem to be taking these endorsements seriously, and, outside of the actual votes they bring, support from key elected officials can help demonstrate momentum as they race towards the all - important September 10 primary.

Bookmark NYNOW.org on Election Night, as we'll have coverage and results from some of the key Congressional races across the state.

Diane Abbott's presence in the race electrifies the contest not because she is a black woman (though that is not unimportant) but because she has held a very different position on a number of key policies from the New Labour government of which the four men were members.

This election saw hotly contested races that were considered key in the Republican Party's attempt to regain control of the Senate from the Democrats — an advantage that, until 2008, it had enjoyed for 43 years.

The researchers, from Texas A&M University — Texarkana and Loyola University New Orleans, report in the International Journal of Law and Information Technology, that neither the severity of the crime nor race — the latter of which is often cited as a key factor in convictions — are reliable forecasters of a prisoner's fate.

Written long before the sequels were published, Garland's script seizes on key ideas from the novel, but spins them in exciting new directions, using his source as a kind of leaping - off point (even the opening meteor detail is a bit of a departure, albeit one with rich other - worldly implications) from which he offers five tough women a chance to make first contact with this alien presence, and perhaps save the human race in the process.

The comedy sketch show Key and Peele did a lot of interesting and hilarious things, one of them being race relations and the minuteness of matters, especially from the perspective of black men.

Written by Written by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir, the high - concept project centers on Josh Futturman (Hutcherson), a janitor by day and world - ranked gamer by night, who's tasked with preventing the elimination of the human race after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating an imminent alien invasion.

In a federal lawsuit filed Nov. 19, the three Brooklyn residents argue that their children's exclusion from the 15 - month course is illegal because of the June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court prohibiting districts from using students» race as a key factor in assigning students to schools.

Gates and his foundation have been pushing the use of student achievement data (ie, test scores) in teacher evaluations for several years now — as has the Obama administration, which has made it a key part of both Race to the Top and the so - called «waivers» from No Child Left Behind.

«By combining the research and services from The Leadership and Learning Center and Learning Sciences International, HMH Educational Consulting Services is able to offer Florida an unprecedented holistic solution that is aligned to state legislative and regulatory mandates, and also supports key priorities within the Race to the Top initiative,» said Senior Vice President of HMH Educational Consulting Services Dave West.

Democrats aligned with organized labor — who dominated local and legislative races for many years — are now facing formidable challenges from Democrats who see overhauling some union rules as a key to improving education.

Wendy Lecker puts her finger on two things of great importance: first, certain of the power brokers in public education in Connecticut are determined to increase the number of privately managed charter schools, and they are using every opportunity that presents itself — from the Sheff settlement to the Turnaround option in Obama's Race to the Top — to pursue just this goal; and second, a key factor in the advance of school privatization is «the corporate education «reform» industry's narrative... that our public education system is failing.»

From the passage of Governor Brown's Proposition 30, to the monumental win in San Diego with the passage of the Proposition Z facilities bond, to wins in key races for school boards in Oakland and Santa Clara County, to charter supporters being elected to the Assembly, the November 2012 election results are a clear indication of the kind of impact we can have as a movement when we work together.

(District of Columbia) Much of the nation is engaged in some new form of teacher evaluation, encouraged by billions of dollars in grant money from the Race to the Top competition or by the promise of a waiver from key mandates imposed under the No Child left Behind Act.

In all her campaigns — from her 2000 Senate campaign to the current presidential race — Clinton has made paid parental leave and universal preschool key talking points.

But a review of the best evidence on teachers» sentiments shows that educators are not unhappy because they resent the new emphasis on teacher evaluations, a key element of President Obama's Race to the Top program; in fact, according to a separate survey of 10,000 public school teachers from Scholastic and the Gates Foundation, the majority support using measures of student learning to assess teachers, and the mean number of years teachers believe they should devote to the classroom before being assessed for tenure is 5.4, a significant increase from the current national average of 3.1 years.

Marshall came from behind to win a contested race in which the Dallas school district's new teacher evaluation system played a key role.

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From the Le Mans - inspired key placement to the night - friendly lighting to the steering's sensitivity that keeps the entire driving process lucid after a dozen hours behind the wheel, the Porsche proves that what makes a car great on the race course can also give road drivers an almost heroic sense of control.

The McLaren P1 GTR keys come with exclusive driver instruction from McLaren's driver fitness team and design director Frank Stephenson, access to a McLaren racing simulator to take a few extra risks without killing yourself, and an invitation to participate in at least six international drive events at Formula 1 circuits.