Sentences with phrase «marquee race»

In the season's marquee race in New Haven, the Democratic...

(WBEN) Today's the day that candidates start to circulate petitions to get them on the ballot in September primaries and ultimately in November, but party officials suggest that the big marquee races are not the ones that will need the most effort.

Now, if the infamous Intellisponse leak is to be believed, the crisis is hitting home with the decision to spread Microsoft's marquee racing game onto two DVDs.

The throwback theme even has an impact on social engagement: Last year's event experienced the broadest reach and engagement on NASCAR social platforms other than the Daytona 500, the sport's marquee race, and NASCAR digital platform visits increased by 35 percent.

The marquee race in the NBA is between Golden State and Portland for first place in the Pacific Division, but the most intriguing race is shaping up in the nether regions of the Eastern Conference, down there in.500 land, where six teams are chasing the final three playoff spots... with what might be varying degrees of enthusiasm.

The Brooks - Slaughter match up is the marquee race of perhaps a half - dozen competitive House races around the state this election cycle.

Nebraska's gubernatorial primary is the marquee race on the ballot today, but the state's voters will also select a GOP nominee to challenge Sen. Ben Nelson (D) in the fall as well as a replacement for Osborne in the state's 3rd District.

The marquee race of the day is in Colorado where appointed Sen. Michael Bennet (D) faces a stronger - than - expected primary challenge from former state House Speaker Andrew Romanoff.

The Republican gubernatorial candidates spent more than $ 20 million on the primary ballot's marquee race.

The marquee race around here is the hotly contested one for the 19th District U.S. Congressional seat.

Garcia campaign manager Richard Soto, who has represented other unknowns in marquee races, said 50 unpaid volunteers gathered her signatures.

Given Democrats» gains in the last two cycles in Colorado — picking up two House seats, a Senate seat and the governorship — this will be one of the marquee races of the cycle.

That will be the marquee race in Montana in 2008 that will most likely draw national money into the state, not the Senate and Congressional seats.

In another marquee race, longtime Democratic incumbent Joseph Crisco, 80, lost against Republican newcomer George S. Logan, 47, in the 17th Senate District, which stretches from Woodbridge into the Naugatuck Valley.

Spending in the hotly contested gubernatorial primary has passed $ 20 million and is Tuesday's marquee race.

In the 13th District, in what was billed as the marquee race of this year's primaries, only 39,000 of the 284,000 Democrats registered to vote, voted.