Sentences with phrase «lowest by any incumbent»

She went on to win the primary with just 35 percent of the vote — the lowest by any incumbent in the city.

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The first is from a low point in a market where the typical customer is overserved by the incumbent companies.

Although upstart mattress companies are challenging brick - and - mortar incumbents like Sleep Country by offering lower prices and a hassle - free experience, the company plans to open up to 12 locations annually for the next five to seven years.

But there isn't such a computer, and without proportional representation, our valiant efforts at voting our principles are undermined or rendered neutral by a crude system designed to favour incumbents and lower expectations of what is possible.

The report released today by Citizens Union found the rate of re-election for incumbents would be lower and open the elections to more candidates, thus ensuring increased competition in state races.

Chin was not widely viewed as one of the city's most vulnerable incumbents, but ended up in a primary that was too close to call for a week after Election Day after a strong showing by Marte, who accused her of failing to rein in overdevelopment in the lower Manhattan district.

LITRG's Chairman, Anthony Thomas, said: «Whilst we acknowledge that collecting the Class 2 NIC at the same time as self - assessment liabilities may reduce administration time, it must be similarly acknowledged that it is incumbent upon HMRC to take into account the needs and challenges faced by those on low incomes.

He notes Westchester's Astorino won by keeping taxes and spending low, same as incumbent Republican Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano.

Former Gov. David Paterson, the state Democratic Committee chairman, downplayed the percentage of the vote received by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's rival in Tuesday's party primary, blaming it on low turnout that drew critics of the incumbent.

John Scott defeated incumbent David Reck, one of the founders of Lower Manhattan Democrats, in the 66th by a wide margin.

Democrats will ask the state's highest court to reverse two lower - court rulings and order a lengthy hand recount of some 85,000 paper ballots that were fed into new optical scanning voting machines in the contest between incumbent Nassau Sen. Craig Johnson, a Democrat, and Mineola Mayor Jack Martins, the GOP challenger, who has been officially certified as having won by 451 votes.

By promising to lower costs, improve service and broadening access, the technology - led companies are counting on seducing growing numbers of consumers and chipping away at the customer base incumbents worked hard to maintain.