Sentences with phrase «losing races for lieutenant governor»
On the Democratic side, Houston Mayor Bill White is widely seen as the strongest candidate although former state Comptroller John Sharp, who has two losing races for lieutenant governor under his belt, is also mentioned.
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However, he lost his own 2006 race for Georgia lieutenant governor due to his ties to lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Board member Phyllis Landrieu, who is white (and the aunt of U.S. senator Mary Landrieu and Louisiana lieutenant governor Mitch Landrieu, who would lose a close race for mayor in the spring of 2006), proposed replacing acting district superintendent Ora Watson, who took over from Amato and is black, with Bill Roberti, who is the head of Alvarez & Marsal in New Orleans and white.