Sentences with phrase «leading in a tight race»

Still, there were some signs that Democrats might manage to pick up a seat in Buffalo, where Marc C. Panepinto, a personal injury lawyer, was leading in a tight race with the incumbent, Senator Mark J. Grisanti, who is running on the Independence Party line, and Kevin T. Stocker, a lawyer who won the Republican primary in September.

Not exact matches

The tight, twisty and dusty track meant that pitting for new tyres would be the quickest way to complete the race and during this phase Senna got back in the lead.

I think it was Brian Clough that once said that in a tight race, the team with the best keeper wins and led Nottingham Forest to the title with Peter Shilton in goal.

Carolina's victory allowed the team to stay ahead in a tight wild card race and pull even with the Saints for the NFC South lead.

Five of the eight divisions have a leader with a lead of at least three games, with the tight race between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North serving as the only other exception.

Ayrton Senna had led the entire race but was tight on fuel after being pushed hard by teammate Alain Prost earlier in the race.

The forward scored the game - winning goal in a 2 - 1 victory over host Cosumnes Oaks to claim the outright lead in a tight Sierra Valley Conference race.

A special election being held next could add Chris McGrath, but he is locked in a tight race with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky for the district formerly led by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Many polls in the lead up to the British Referendum predicted a close race and likewise many US polls predicted a tight race between Trump and Clinton.

«Murphy's lead is largest in the northern part of the district and the race is tightest in the southern and western part of the district,» said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg.

A poll of the same size commissioned by Buerkle's campaign in April also found a tight race, with Buerkle holding onto a four percentage point lead over Maffei.

The tightest two - candidate race of the night came in the battle for Town Justice, where candidate Brian Hughes led Republican William Goggins by 180 votes, according to BOE numbers too close to call Tuesday night.

In the tightest of Tuesday's Common Council races, Ward 9, incumbent Republican Deborah Brown led Democratic challenger Lynn Johnson by just 13 votes — 338 to 325.

Democrat Nick Krupski won the first seat on the Board of Trustees by nearly 800 votes and, in the tightest race of the night, incumbent Republican Dave Bergen leads for the second seat by just five votes over running mate Glenn Goldsmith in another race too close to call.

In the race between Nick Longo and Ed Lettre for control of the influential Conservative Party, things are tight, with Longo claiming he has the lead.

The Guardian reports: «A former minister and fiction writer, Alvarado Quesada, 38, had 61 % of the vote with results in from 95 % of polling stations, a far bigger lead than predicted by opinion polls that foresaw a tight race.»

In the tightest race of all, which is also too close to call, incumbent Republican Trustee David Bergen, 60, of Cutchogue leads running mate Glenn Goldsmith, 38, of Mattituck by just five votes for the second seat on the board.

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«While the race is very tight in Ulster and Dutchess counties, which will produce about one - third of the voters, Faso enjoys a 19 - point lead in the more southern portion of the district and a commanding 41 - point lead in the five northern counties of the district.»

Saoirse Ronan Winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: What initially felt like it would be a tight race between McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) has become, essentially, a coin toss between McDormand and Lady Bird's Ronan.

However, several GTLM competitors have received favorable changes which should make the final two races even tighter as the No. 4 Corvette C7.R leads the No. 67 Ford GT by seven points in the Drivers Championship.

Qualifying in the GT class was as tight and unpredictable as ever for the fourth round of North America's leading sportscar and GT racing series, and a red flag half way through ensured it was as exciting as possible.

Now after racing on high - speed courses in Sebring, Fla., and Atlanta, Chevy's factory road racing team is aiming to extend its lead in the drivers and manufacturers championships on the tight 13 - turn Mid-Ohio circuit.

• Oliver Gavin and Corvette Racing teammate Tommy Milner retain the championship lead by eight points after finishing fourth at Watkins Glen • Milner qualified the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the sixth position Saturday after a lap of 1:42.794 (119.0 mph) at the 3.4 - mile, 11 - turn road course • Milner took the first stint in what was a very tight battle between the GTLM cars, running between sixth to eighth.

Even before you've raced down the first straight into a tight corner, bumper to bumper with the leading pack closing in, your senses get a jolt to the system.

Sometimes you'll go from winning multiple tight races in a row only to find the next one has the two lead cars are so far in front of you, you'll think you're in first until you notice the 3/24 indicator in the corner.

Some of these coins are devilishly placed, requiring tight control and clever item usage in order to gain or maintain the lead — especially when Diddy Kong Racing seemingly doesn't have rubber - banded AI opponents.