Sentences with phrase «nomination in those close races»

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Newt Gingrich, January 2008 Newt (the irrepressible) hit on something four years ago: closing down the nomination race too early — however much a top contender might prefer that result — is probably not in the best interest of....

Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.

And in the closest race of the night, Republican trustee candidate Charles Sanders of Greenport was elected to the seat left open when two - term incumbent Dave Bergen did not receive the Republican nomination this time around.

Already tipped as favourite for the job, Edouard Philippe, mayor of the northern port city of Le Havre, has long been close to Alain Juppé, who was runner - up in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in November 2016.

Nominations closed today in the race for the leadership of Plaid Cymru with Leanne Wood emerging as the 4 - 5 favourite according to online bookmaker Paddy Power.

He'd been a rising star in the 1970s, entering and winning five late primaries and caucuses in the 1976 Democratic race (and nearly preventing Jimmy Carter from clinching the nomination), but had closed out his gubernatorial tenure on a sour note, then disappeared from the political world in the mid -»80s.

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has the backing of 37 % of registered Democrats in the race for her party's mayoral nomination, placing her tantalizingly close to the 40 % she needs to avoid a runoff, a poll released Wednesday showed.

Numerically the nomination would likely have a significant impact only in an extremely close race.

At the same time, former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie narrowly defeated Trump state campaign chairman Corey Stewart in a closer - than - expected race for the Republican nomination.

Keith Brown, Julie Hepburn and Chris McEleny are the candidates as nominations close in the SNP deputy leadership race.

This should come as a shock to no one, at least to close watchers of the yearly Oscar race: Steinfeld, who just received a BAFTA nomination for Leading Actress, may have shown up in the supporting category when the SAG nominations were announced last month, but that's where Keisha - Castle Hughes (The Whale Rider) and Kate Winslet (The Reader) also appeared prior to subsequently securing Best Actress Oscar nominations for the same performances.