Sentences with phrase «major challenger»

There is no doubt that we have to see City as major challengers this season along with Chelsea.

FDP involvement in the SD 24 race indicates Democrats» optimism the «blue wave» will make formerly non-competitive seats contestable — Brandes» last major challenger was USF St. Pete Professor Judithanne McLauchlan, who ran in 2014 for the pre-redistricting SD 22.

Unions, like Mr. Nespoli's 6,000 - member Uniformed Sanitation Men's Association, rewarded Mr. de Blasio with a raft of early endorsements during his re-election that helped scare off major challengers as he was facing a federal corruption inquiry.

- WHAT JOBS THOUGHT: Apple's late CEO made a rare appearance on an October 2010 earnings conference call to launch a tirade against the 7 - inch tablet Samsung Electronics Inc. was set to launch as the first major challenger to the iPad.

In a discussion of the Albany political scene, the question is raised: Will Sheehan's latest mayoral stint run without a hitch seeing as the major challengers in Albany's Common Council have been pushed out?

De Blasio, a former city councilman and federal housing official, has been a frequent critic of the Bloomberg administration, and appears to be positioning himself to the left of his major challengers, including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Expect one of the GOP legislative leaders to appear as a major challenger to the Governor for reelection in 2008.

In two - thirds of the seats the Lib Dems won in 2010, the Conservatives finished in second place and will be the major challengers this time round.

Even so, as he continued to share his data with all his major challengers and patiently respond to their critiques, Rosenthal keenly decided to team up with a doctoral student named Don Rubin, who would go on to serve for more than 13 years as chief of Harvard's Department of Statistics.

From being an expensive curiosity in research labs and on satellites in the 1980s, solar power or PV has become a major challenger to conventional electricity generation technologies.

Though the BJP has emerged as a major challenger for the Congress in the state, like in other parts of the country, the Janata Dal Secular (JDS), which aspires to a kingmaker's role, can not be completely neglected.

However, many see this as a major challenger to bitcoin because the ethereum blockchain on which ether is built can allow for «smart contracts,» essentially computer programs that execute themselves when certain conditions are met.