Sentences with phrase «of key contests»

Unions, especially the teacher's variety, had a lot on the line, and except for two wins, the rest of the key contests were nothing short of disastrous.

The race for the 40th Senate district is typically a battleground district, one of a handful of key contests for deciding control of the chamber, currently led by Republicans.

Pennsylvania Senate: Democrats are on a quest to gain five seats and the Senate majority, and the Keystone State looks like one of the key contests.

Not exact matches

The unique, «scavenger hunt» - like contest attracted an estimated 1,300 individuals at participating locations who learned and then were quizzed about key investing topics: financial fraud, building a nest egg, selecting financial advisers, and the cost of investment fees.

Following years of operational stagnation, substandard share price performance and all but negligible change to key oversight functions, Ultratech now faces a contested campaign led by Neuberger Berman LLC, a well - known, but generally passive investment manager.

JFK understood that the space race with the Soviets was a key part of a military contest that we were stuck with taking with dead seriousness.

Some Straussians might find shortcomings here, worried that I have neglected some key aspect or of Plato's contest with the poets, or that I have reduced everything to the influence of the many.

And to drive home his point, in Act II when Tannhäuser passionately breaks into the hymn again as part of the singing contest to win Elisabeth's hand, Wagner sets it in E Major» Tannhäuser sings to Elisabeth in the key of Venus.

After we caught up on the new and old men in our lives, Cara, the only suck - up to bring an article this week, began a discussion on the fragrances that remind men of pumpkin pie — based on her article from Cosmopolitan (inherited, NOT purchased), which contested that a combination of pie and lavender is in fact the key to pheromone attraction.

As the record holder for the World's Largest Margarita with Lucky Rita in 2011, Margaritaville knows its margaritas and will celebrate the day with drink specials, a recipe contest with a Key West getaway awarded to the winner and the release of the recipe to Jimmy Buffett's favorite margarita «The Perfect Margarita».

Having said that, ManU are missing a lot of key players as well, so it should be an interesting contest.

In such a tightly fixed contest, the fine form of playmakers Mesut Ozil and David Silva will be key to the game.

«It's a great spot for him,» Haney said Tuesday on his SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio show of the «low - key» member - guest - like ambiance of the 18 - player contest.

He would come back to the BTCC to contest three rounds in 1998 and it was again at Donington in which he was a key protagonist in a chaotic race in which, after coming through the pack, he led until the final corner, out - braked himself and handed victory to the pursuing Vauxhall of John Cleland.

Ahead of the latest key contest Monday night against desperate Stoke City at the London Stadium, West Ham United manager David Moyes acknowledged that Manuel Lanzini, James Collins and Andy Carroll could be available.

The recent AW cover star hopes to double up and contest both the 1500m and 3000m in Belgrade and, having only raced longer distances so far this year, Muir will be using Saturday's 1000m as a key part of her preparations.

While the likes of Aguero, Stones or Willy Caballero will probably take many of the headlines - the latter two managed to atone for mistakes with key contributions, with Caballero saving a penalty from Radamel Falcao and making a brilliant late stop - Sterling perhaps deserves to be considered the man of the match from the action - packed contest.

KEY FACT: West Brom are unbeaten in their last seven away league matches against Leicester MATCH ODDS: Leicester Evens Draw 14/5 West Brom 9/5 ANDY SAYS: I think Leicester win this one, close but just edging it... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see Leicester being too good for West Brom in this one... 3 - 1 SILKY SAYS: A close contest, won't be a classic — so a draw for me... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Riyad Mahrez still represents something of a bargain

A key element of National School Breakfast Week 2012 and the «School Breakfast — Go for Gold» theme is a design contest, in which students can design their own school breakfast t - shirt highlighting the benefits of eating a healthy school breakfast.

You write that the problem of courts contesting the key policy - making competences of parliaments has not arisen to its full extent yet in Eastern Europe: «Ample scope to remake public policy has been conferred on Eastern courts which, however, lie still dormant to their own unexploited opportunities».

Neither Goldsmith nor Khan are household names and in a more low - key battle, the public's party and policy preferences may end up having more of an effect than they did during the celebrity contests between Boris and Ken.

«Though I have quite a number of reasons not to contest the up and coming election, I want to draw the attention of our great party APC in Niger state to the disconnect between the governance (sic) in the state and the membership of the National Assembly, the state assembly and other key stakeholders because there is an absence of synergy,» he wrote.

The race is one of a half - dozen key contests around the state this year that could determine control of the Senate, narrowly led by Republicans.

Renee and guest Ronnie Ellis with CNHI News Service run down the key state legislative races in this year's primary contest, the top - tier candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the 6th congressional district, the impact of recent educator activism in response to pension legislation and education funding, and more.

Continuing our review of key races, City Council Watch spoke with Jimmy van Bramer, who is running for the hotly contested 26th Council seat in Queens.

Tuesday's Democratic contest in Michigan, the biggest prize of the day, is key for Bernie Sanders to show he can turn things around.

Cuomo has over the last several weeks worked to bolster his support from the left, brokering a unity deal in the state Senate that led to the dissolution of the Independent Democratic Conference and campaigning on behalf of Democratic candidates running in key down - ballot contests.

Another key excitement point for tonight's jam is that keen contest between the UNSUNG ACTS who have all prepped up to set the stage ablaze; From DopeNation to Royal Chris, O'Bkay to Real MC and Kelvinboy to Dhatgyal, it promises to be a night of nonstop entertainment.

The Hudson Valley House race is considered one of the key battleground contests in New York this fall.

But the fate of John Dramani Mahama contesting the 2020 elections remains on the balance considering recent claimed reports from the Kwesi Botchway report which is said to reveal that Mahama may have flouted some key campaign strategies including the misuse of campaign funds and the inability to relate to the economic woes of the electorate.

Given the wording of the Act, it is clear that what «can be justified» is the key variable - and it is hotly contested.

A slew of wildly varying public polls in key primary and general election contests are adding to the sense of chaos in the 2010 cycle, as pollsters grapple with trying to predict which members of the angry and unpredictable off - year electorate will come out to vote.

Leading CNNPolitics: Poll: Democrats competitive in key southern showdowns New polls in three southern states with crucial Senate contests this year indicate that Democrats remain very competitive as they try to keep control of the chamber.

Key players in five of the most intriguing intra-party contests (clockwise from top left) Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R), New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D), San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D), Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter (D).

November's election will determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the New York state Senate in the next term, and it could come down to just a few hundred votes in a small number of key Senate contests.

This included not running in key contested state races to ensure Democratic wins, and running most of their candidates on Democrat / Progressive fusion tickets.

Mr McCluskey has been a key backer of Mr Corbyn in both Labour leadership contests won by the left - winger.

Still, the overwhelming majority of the endorsements, money and door - to - door organizing efforts in the contest have gone to Ms. Niou, whose focus on reform and Asian heritage may help draw out the well - educated professionals and Chinatown residents who make up two key constituencies in the district.

Incumbents on both sides of the aisle prevailed in their contested races, as Tuesday's Illinois primaries set the stage for competitive House and gubernatorial races this fall that could be key to Democratic comeback efforts in 2018.

Some MPs seem to be circulating rumours that Labour would put forward one of Mr Miliband's key aides to contest the seat, but we believe that this is without foundation.

Finally to one of the key meetings of the trip, with Shinzo Abe, the overwhelming favourite in the LDP leadership contest, set to become Prime Minister in just over a fortnight.

Diane Abbott's presence in the race electrifies the contest not because she is a black woman (though that is not unimportant) but because she has held a very different position on a number of key policies from the New Labour government of which the four men were members.

«So whether he contests against Buhari or he contests against another person, Atiku will not be the president of this country because God has taken the key from him.

Republicans, who need a net win of six seats to retake control of the Senate, have focused on the contest in the traditionally red state of Alaska as a key turnover possibility

Sires has the support of the local party organization in the district — a key component in this district — and has raised $ 1.2 million for the contest.

Twenty - nine of 31 UFT - endorsed candidates scored victories in the Sept. 14 Democratic Party primaries, and UFT volunteers were heavily involved in key contested races.

This election saw hotly contested races that were considered key in the Republican Party's attempt to regain control of the Senate from the Democrats — an advantage that, until 2008, it had enjoyed for 43 years.

During the Labour leadership contest last year, the authors say Mr Balls was furious when Mr Miliband got secret phone numbers of key union leaders and persuaded Unite to back him, not his rival.

The party's base and the party's structures are key role for every political party that is why I am coming to contest for the position of organizer to make sure that right things are done in good faith,» he stated.

«However, it will shock most of you today to know that after consultations with my family and some key stakeholders of our party in Kagarko local government and at the state level, I have resolved to withdraw my intention to contest for the coveted seat in the council.