Sentences with phrase «lackluster campaign»

In an election year marked by lackluster campaigning and low turnout, one group of New York City voters came to the polls in droves: those seeking to lodge the futile and time - honored protest of writing in a candidate for mayor.

A few weeks ago, New York Democratic insiders believed Rangel was running a severely lackluster campaign but would squeak out a victory in a crowded field.

Though Henry is seen as having done a solid job in office, he was elected with just 43 percent of the vote in 2002 — thanks to a decidedly lackluster campaign by former representative Steve Largent (R) and a third - party candidate who attracted a number of GOP - leaning voters.

Michael Buehler, a lecturer at University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) says Jokowi is not the only one at fault in his lackluster campaign.

Having Hughes back this season was like signing a multimillion pound player in the transfer window, he is an addition to the squad that has helped Derby vastly improve from the previous season's poor and lackluster campaign.

His main opponent, Republican Joe Lhota, the former deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, has run a misguided, lackluster campaign, which calls into question his credentials as an administrator.

Sal Albanese spent 16 years as a city councilman and originally sponsored the campaign - finance law he was accused of violating in 2013, when he bowed out of the mayoral race after a lackluster campaign.

Sept. 14, 2010: Paladino easily defeats Rep. Rick Lazio and the lackluster campaign Lazio ran for the GOP nomination to run against Democrat Andrew Cuomo in November.

[Romney's] legacy is a decent man who ran a lackluster campaign while spending enormous monies and lost to a president most Republicans and pundits thought was vulnerable.»

But a helping hand from the White House, his role as point man in the relief effort following a freak blizzard, and Davis's lackluster campaign have conflated to keep Reynolds in the hunt.

One man who will join in that effort is North Fork Legislator Ed Romaine, a Republican who won his bid for reelection with 78 percent of the vote against a Democratic opponent who ran a lackluster campaign.

-- Thompson: The NYC schools failed when he was in charge, ran a lackluster campaign for mayor in 2009, failed to pay his taxes for five years.

After putting down Alan Grayson in the Democratic primary in 2016, Murphy ran a lackluster campaign against Marco Rubio, losing worse than he should have.

Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf said the tallies were evidence of growing momentum for Thompson, who has sometimes been criticized for running a lackluster campaign.

Paul Newell got 20 % of the vote in 2008 in a lackluster campaign and has accomplished virtually nothing since (although he does copy a lot on Twitter it seems).

But he ran a lackluster campaign, and was outspent by Massa and outworked on the campaign trail.

While this game definitely has some postiives with the stealth kills and trophy kill system, the lackluster campaigns (not even that difficult on Nightmare), and the technical glitches present in the game bring the game down overall.

Star Wars Battlefront II features a lackluster campaign, but there's a great multiplayer game here that is unfortunately held back by its progression system and, in turn, balancing issues.

The game falls short due to a lackluster campaign and an ugly art style, that doesn't do it any favor.

Battlefield 4: When I first began playing Battlefield 4 on the Xbox 360 it was in strong contention for being one of my favorite games of the year, despite its lackluster campaign.

In spite of the lackluster campaign, the multiplayer component is where the action really picks up.

Titanfall does have its drawbacks though, like a lackluster campaign and a lack of creativity when it comes to customization, but don't let those allow you to pass up what feels like the first true, next - generation shooter.

With «Warmind» comes a new campaign to experience, and it is a great improvement from the short and lackluster campaign of Destiny 2's first DLC expansion, «Curse of Osiris.»