Sentences with phrase «lead over challenger»

Soon - to - be-former legislature chairwoman Terry Bernardo sounded a little shell - shocked over the phone on election night where unofficial returns showed her clinging to a 10 - vote lead over challenger Lynn Archer.

The poll finds Senator Chuck Schumer with a huge lead over challenger Wendy Long, 66 to 27 percent, and even 31 % of Republicans back Schumer.

Incumbent Reginald Spinello holds a 21 - vote lead over challenger Timothy Tenke, but 310 absentee and affidavit ballots remain to be counted.

The poll also looked at the race for US Senate, and finds Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, continues to be very popular, even among some Republicans, with a nearly 40 - point lead over his challenger, Republican Wendy Long.

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D - Fairport), has regained her double digit lead over challenger Maggie Brooks (R - Webster) according to the latest poll from Siena Research Institute.

He had a ridiculously large lead over challenger Eric Lynn before the new CD 13 district lines were verified by the Florida Supreme Court.

Presently, Assemblyman Victor Pichardo holds a 29 vote lead over challenger Hector Ramirez (who narrowly lost to Pichardo in 2013).

Greenberg says Gillibrand has a commanding 62 - to -25-percent lead over her challenger.

Martins faces Democratic candidate Adam Haber, and a Siena College poll last week showed him with a double - digit lead over the challenger.

The poll also looked at the race for U.S. Senate, and finds Senator Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, continues to be very popular, even among some Republicans, with a nearly 40 - point lead over his challenger, Republican Wendy Long.

The poll finds Sen. Chuck Schumer with a huge lead over challenger Wendy Long — 66 percent to 27 percent — and even 31 percent of Republicans backing Schumer.

Rep. Charlie Rangel's lead over challenger state Sen. Adriano Espaillat increased slightly as the Board of Elections began counting absentee and and affadavit ballots yesterday.

Daniel Squadron kept his 26th Senatorial District seat with a roughly 87 percent lead over challenger Wave Chan, who received 13 percent of the vote.

With 89 percent of districts reporting, Meng had a commanding lead over her challengers in her bid to succeed retiring Rep. Gary Ackerman, with 50.8 percent of the vote, compared to 28.3 percent for Assemblyman Rory Lancman and 15.8 percent for City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley.

Governor Cuomo already has a commanding lead over his challengers in the race for Governor this year.

Hoylman commanded a large lead over his challengers, Hell's Kitchen activist and bar owner Tom Greco, who received 24 percent of the vote, and public school teacher and former Yonkers NAACP leader Tanika Inlaw, who received 8 percent.

Not exact matches

President Obama's first debate In the run - up to the first presidential debate, President Obama enjoyed a comfortable lead over GOP challenger Mitt Romney.

Spotify's opening act on Wall Street struck a chord with investors betting the unprofitable company's trend - setting music streaming service will maintain its early lead over Apple and other powerful challengers.

A lot can change over these next few weeks and so for no reason should we be worried of Arsenal not being amongst the challengers for the top four, it would just be nice to see the Gunners lead the line in the Premier League.

The Formula 2 feature race at Spa - Francorchamps was won in dominant style by Charles Leclerc, who finished the race with a staggering 26 second lead over his nearest challenger.

Pep Guardiola's men seem destined to land the Premier League title as they hold a 13 - point lead and have a game in hand over closest challengers Manchester United.

In the other statewide races, Democratic AG Eric Schneiderman holds a 20 - point lead over his Republican challenger, John Cahill, 55 - 35.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio appears poised to coast to re-election over Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis in November, leading her 61 - 17, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll.

Today's Siena poll finds Democrat Andrew Cuomo continues to hold a comfortable double - digit lead over his GOP challenger, Carl Paladino, whom 61 percent of New Yorkers polled believe is a «loose cannon» lacking the temperament to be governor.

This isn't terribly surprising, given the wide double - digit lead Cuomo has over both his would - be Republican challengers.

As Liz pointed out earlier, Gillibrand holds wide leads over all three challengers, with none polling above 27 percent.

The Quinnipiac poll, which follows a recent Siena Poll showing Gillibrand with her highest approval and lowest disapproval numbers by Siena in 8 months, gives the Senator a more than 2 to 1 lead over her three potential Republican challengers.

UPDATE: Just to be clear, Gillibrand has wide leads over all of her would - be GOP challengers, according to the latest Siena poll.

This effectively makes Felder the 32nd GOP vote in the chamber, assuming Long Island Sen. Carl Marcellino, who currently maintains a roughly 2,500 - vote lead over his Democratic challenger, James Gaughran, is officially declared the winner in that race.

She has a wide lead over all her would - be GOP challengers: David Malpass, Bruce Blakeman, and former Rep. Joe DioGuardi.

One day after the release of a Siena College poll showing Cuomo with sizable leads over his potential Republican challengers, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco's campaign critiqued past public polls and insisted that the incumbent Democratic governor can be defeated this year.

Today's Q poll shows Gillibrand with a comfortable lead over all of her challengers, and she trounces Malpass, 45 - 24.

At a campaign stop in the Capital Region this afternoon, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand did not have much to say about her slipping lead over her Republican challengers, according to the latest Siena Poll.

The poll also found that Cuomo is still as popular as ever, with a 69 percent approval rating and a 2 - to - 1 lead over either Republican challenger in his race for Governor.

The Governor's favorability rating was steady, but his job performance and re-elect ratings slipped a little, according to Siena, which says voters prefer Cuomo by wide margins over a potential Democratic challenger, Cynthia Nixon, and either of the leading Republican challengers.

There's a chance more GOP challengers join Ward, including Reps. David SchweikertDavid SchweikertRepublican candidate favored in Arizona special House election Ryan leaves legacy of tax cuts and deficits Paul Ryan's successor must embrace the House Freedom Caucus MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead House GOP MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating officer.

New York Republican Rep. John Katko holds a 19 - point lead over Democratic challenger Colleen Deacon.

Democrat Andrew Cuomo still holds a double - digit lead over Republican challenger Carl Paladino in Rasmussen Reports» first post-primary survey of the New York governor's race.

A poll conducted fifteen weeks before Election Day shows incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is maintaining a wide lead over his nearest challenger.

Mayor Kathy Sheehan is still maintaining a sizable lead over her two Democratic challengers going into Tuesday's primary, according to the results of a Spectrum News / Siena College poll.

Siena finds both incumbent US Senators have a comfortable lead over their Republican challengers.

The first of three congressional polls being released by Siena this morning finds an incumbent Democratic considered one of the GOP's top targets this fall, Long Island Rep. Tim Bishop, with a solid double - digit lead over his GOP / Conservative challenger, Randy Altschuler.

Incumbent Byron Brown still holds a commanding lead over his two Democratic primary challengers as he seeks a fourth term as Buffalo mayor, according to a new survey by the Siena College Research Institute and Spectrum News.

The survey continues to show Democratic frontrunner Andrew Cuomo with a comfortable double - digit lead over his GOP challenger, Carl Paladino, (58 - 33).

There's also a too - close - to - call race out on Long Island in Suffolk County's 3rd AD, where Republican Assemblyman Dean Murray holds an unofficial lead of 36 votes over his Democratic challenger, Edward Hennessey, with thousands of affidavit and absentee ballots yet to be counted.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds wide leads over his potential general election and party primary challengers, a Siena College poll released Monday found.

A Q poll released this morning shows Cuomo with a 57 - 28 lead over his GOP challenger, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who was nominated by his party last week in Rye Brook.

It was similarly good news for another statewide Democrat up for re-election this year: U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand holds a wide lead over her little - known GOP challenger Chele Farely, 60 percent to 24 percent.

With election day approaching, Andrew Cuomo maintains his strong lead over Republican challenger Rob Astorino in the race for governor of New York.

Mitt Romney took an early lead over Obama with more than half the races decided Tuesday, but the Republican challenger lost both his home and birth states and was trailing in key battleground states, according to unofficial returns and CNN projections.