Sentences with phrase «lacks some of the name recognition of»

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But while he may be lacking a countdown clock like Earnhardt or the worldwide name recognition as Patrick, don't let that diminish the significance of Chase Elliott beginning his Sprint Cup career Sunday at Martinsville Speedway.

(This in fact rises to a difference of 12 years if we include the Wilson and Heath governments, where no official Deputy Prime Ministers were named, leaving it to the deputy leader of the party or leader of the House of Commons to claim the role - perhaps, indeed, this difference following a lack of official recognition itself further supports our «finding»!)

Christina Greer, a professor of political science at Fordham University, thinks Peebles, who lacks the name recognition of other possible African - American mayoral candidates such as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, could be appealing to disaffected white voters.

Antonacci's lack of campaign cash has rendered him unable to raise his name recognition much this campaign cycle, but he may not yet have gotten the statewide office bug completely out of his system.

The Manhattan borough president, while lacking the name recognition of the hooker - loving former governor, does have a way with celebrities: He's rubbed elbows with Scarlett Johansson, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.

Many political operatives and party leaders, assessing the field of potential GOP candidates, have given Kolb short shift because he lacks funds and name recognition in the state's population centers.

The surveys indicate Mr. Schneiderman suffers from a lack of name recognition, though he leads his opponent by 71 points among black voters and 42 points among Latinos.

If Teachout does better than that, despite her lack of name - recognition and relative lack of resources, she can claim to have tapped into a significant vein of anti-Cuomo sentiment that would not be helpful to Cuomo in any future national endeavor.

Howie Hawkins concedes he lacks one critical attribute in his quest to become governor of New York — name recognition.

He built a staff from scratch and is working to overcome a complete lack of name recognition in a geographically diverse district.

DeFrancisco and Molinaro were held back by a lack of name recognition among New York voters, with about three - quarters of voters saying they never heard of either candidate, the poll found.

Following the implementation of Alaska's 2011 redistricting plan, French announced that he would he would start campaigning in his new district early to overcome a lack of name recognition.

Both of their Republican challengers, Joe DioGuardi and Jay Townsend continue to suffer from a lack of name recognition, with at least 50 percent of voters saying they do not know enough about either candidate to form an opinion.

Siegfried said that Massey's lack of name recognition would not be an issue, and that he could do better if he actually avoided a primary battle and instead focused on reaching out to voters.

One of the pragmatic reasons the union officials who play such a big role in the WFP's operation wanted to give him its nomination rather than backing an obscure law professor whose lack of name recognition at the time was equaled only by her paucity of funding was that they felt more confident he could produce the 50,000 votes on the WFP line necessary to preserve its spot on the state ballot four years from now.

Others say Khojasteh's lack of name recognition and political inexperience would make a statewide run difficult.

One of Myers» weaknesses identified in the poll, is a lack of name recognition among more than 40 percent of potential voters.

Most boxing fans know the name Roberto Duran, but for someone who's widely regarded as one of the greatest fighters of all time (in addition to holding titles in four different weight classes, he's the only person to beat Sugar Ray Leonard in his prime), Duran lacks the mainstream recognition of fellow boxers like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and even Leonard himself.

It's astonishing to think Ruffalo missed out on an Oscar nomination that year, considering his performance is unquestionably better than several of the eventual nominees — was it category confusion or lack of name - recognition?

I hope the academy remembers Hickey come Oscar time, but I fear his lack of name recognition will hurt his chances.

The belief is that unknown authors with no publishing sales histories are a gamble because the lack of name recognition creates a hurdle that may keep the book from finding its audience — hence the tendency to publish the same famous names over and over again.

Bella Andre and Courtney were there again — along with Liliana Hart, Marie Force, and a bunch of «no names» who talked about making over $ 100,000 a year despite their lack of name recognition.

Another surprise: Despite Kobo's relative lack of name recognition, the Glo is a strong alternative to Amazon's very good front - lit e-reader, the Kindle Paperwhite.

The recent release of their new program criteria means that it's time for that lack of name recognition to change.