Sentences with phrase «nearest challenger»

Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South — who won his seat off Liberal Democrat Simon Wright, but whose nearest challenger in 2015 was the Conservatives — said: «The Tories» plan for Brexit is a plan for a race to the bottom which we will all lose — with weakened human rights, rampant deregulation, and a diminished Britain.

Thomas R. Suozzi won the Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District with 6,532 votes, compared to the nearest challenger, Steve Stern, who had 4,069 votes.

A poll conducted fifteen weeks before Election Day shows incumbent New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is maintaining a wide lead over his nearest challenger.

However, Watson's nearest challenger, Stella Creasey lags 21 % behind; unless something astonishing happens, he looks unstoppable.

An exit poll conducted jointly by three network TV stations had put him on course to get 41.4 % of the vote, with his nearest challenger, conservative Hong Joon - Pyo, on 23.3 %.

Her nearest challenger, Christopher Marte, had 44.1 percent of the vote.

In City Council District 8, which will be vacated by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, who is term limited, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, community leader Diana Ayala had 43.7 percent of the vote, while her nearest challenger, Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez, had 42.3 percent of the vote.

His nearest challenger, Anne Swern, had 11.5 percent of the vote.

A poll conducted fifteen weeks before Election Day shows incumbent New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is maintaining a wide lead over his nearest challenger.

Despite a vote of no confidence, Corbyn has insisted he won't resign, citing the large mandate he won in the 2015 leadership election, when he finished 40 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger in a vote of party members.

Then, with a final lap of 60 seconds, he breezed away from his nearest challenger, Florian Carvalho of France, to win by almost four seconds.

World indoor bronze medallist Aleksandr Menkov was his nearest challenger, finishing second with 8.10 m. Tomlinson, competing for the first time since the 2011 World Championships, got his season underway with a solid 8.01 m. World indoor champion Mauro Vinicius da Silva was just fifth (7.89 m).

Manchester City have won the English Premier League title without even playing on Sunday after nearest challenger Manchester United...

As critical as pundits were of Manchester City's second - half capitulation away at Everton on Saturday, although no - one was more infuriated with the final score than their manager, City can wrap up fourth with victory over their nearest challenger at a ground which while it hasn't served them well in recent meetings with Tottenham, has been a fortress for them this season — where they've a record of W11 D4 L2; having scored 30 goals and conceded just 12, and where Joe Hart has kept no less than ten clean sheet.

Against all expectation Lawro has extended his lead at the top of the leaderboard yet again and now there is clear daylight between him and the nearest challenger.

True, on 61 occasions he turned away in frustration as the chance went begging, but his 9 assists were easily the most by any full - back this season (nearest challenger was Daryl Janmaat with 6).

Even the host of the evening's festivities weighed in on the status of the nearest challenger of his record 18 majors.

His nearest challenger Ryan Hunter - Reay ended up slowing with six laps to go, with Hinchcliffe holding off St. Petersburg winner Sebastien Bourdais in a three - lap run to the flag.

The Formula 2 feature race at Spa - Francorchamps was won in dominant style by Charles Leclerc, who finished the race with a staggering 26 second lead over his nearest challenger.

His tally of 21 puts the 22 - year - old three ahead of his nearest challenger, Manchester City's Sergio Agüero, who has 18 this year.

Despite a stuttering start to the campaign, Spurs now find themselves as Chelsea's nearest challengers in second place.

The Blues remain seven points clear of their nearest challengers Arsenal and they still have a game in hand, which will take place next week against Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, given that the Gunners are in FA Cup action on the same day.

Manchester United look well placed to regain their Champions League spot, following a vital 2 - 1 away win at nearest challengers Liverpool, widening the gap to five points, after last year finishing a disappointing seventh under David Moyes.

With Manchester City and Liverpool, Chelsea's two nearest challengers for the Premier League title, facing off against each other today — this really is a must win for the Blues.

To go away to every ground especially your nearest challengers and to come away never to be beaten not even once is something special, also to not get bet once on your away days against bottom of table clubs fighting for their very existence on those cold wet days..

I'll start with Arsene Wenger, who has been talking about our recent form and the struggles that our nearest challengers have had lately.

He repaid the faith shown in him with eight goals as the champions comfortably retained their league title, finishing 14 points clear of nearest challengers Levski Sofia.

Nearest challengers Manchester United lost at home to rock - bottom West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

Antonio Conte has offered context to Chelsea's imminent title success by claiming that their nearest challengers, Tottenham Hotspur, are «more advanc -LRB-...)

«The betting suggests their nearest challengers will be Liverpool who do have the formula for beating Pep Guardiola's side.»

On an unforgettable early afternoon at Stamford Bridge, our nearest challengers Manchester United were ruthlessly swept aside as Chelsea produced a performance of style, substance and steel to win the game 3 - 0 and finish top of the pile again.

In addition to our big six then the nearest challengers in revenue terms are Newcastle, Everton, Leicester and ourselves.

The surprise Premier League champions attract twice as many votes as their nearest challengers.

According to a new Siena College poll, Trump is nearly 30 points ahead of his nearest challengers, Marco Rubio and John Kasich, among Republicans.

Not exact matches

As a result we are nowhere near title challengers, and are 6th in the league.

Upstart little New Zealand, its boat near perfect in America's Cup trials, is giving its challenger rivals something to worry about

We are no where near a title challenger club and Wenger can not even pretend to say that...!!!

We aren't title challenger's, we are nowhere near challenging for the champions league, that isn't an opinion that's a fact.

Forty - eight hours before he won the race at Washington Park last week Nashua, the muscled - up bay challenger from the East, was led from Barn A around the infield's turf course to a position near the finish line which would — on the approaching Big Day — serve as a paddock in full view of all America.

Arsenal are in this weird purgatory right now, where they're not actively bad relative to about 15 teams in the league, but they're nowhere near good enough to be a serious challenger to the other four.

As for the impact of the gubernatorial race, Democratic standard - nearer Andrew Cuomo is leading his GOP / Conservative challenger, Carl Paladino, 48 - 49.

Mr. Van Scoyoc got more than 60 percent of the vote, according to the board of elections website, and Ms. Burke - Gonzalez was the top vote - getter in the town board race, with a nearly 15 - point lead over her nearest Republican challenger, Paul Giardina, a nuclear engineer who retired last year from a post at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Steve Greenberg, a political analyst and spokesman for Siena College polls, says there are good reasons, strategically, why an incumbent governor like Cuomo, who's far ahead in the polls from his nearest opponent, would avoid appearing in a televised debate with just his major party challenger.

ALBANY - As the state political conventions draw near, the last piece of the puzzle for Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo or Republican challenger Rob Astorino is selecting a lieutenant governor candidate.

Andrew Cuomo and his GOP challengers are splitting sharply on the hotly contested question of building a mosque near Ground Zero, even as they're in surprising agreement on the need to cut taxes and spending.

And we've learned the governor will be heading to western New York in the near future to campaign against a possible 2014 challenger.

Ken Livingstone is seeking a third term as London's mayor today after a tight campaign against nearest rival Conservative challenger Boris Johnson.

The Mail pours a little cold water on the idea that she might be a near time challenger for the Tory leadership but it also presents «Britain's Mrs Merkel» (© ConHome) as the «Stop Boris» candidate at some point after the next election.

Linda McMahon, a former pro wrestling executive turned Senate candidate, leads her nearest Connecticut GOP primary challenger by 10 points in a new poll.

Cuomo's needs may put Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul out of work: An early poll has her in a near tie with her own challenger, Brooklyn City Councilman Jumaane Williams — a top Bernie Sanders surrogate in 2016 who also has the Working Families Party's support.