Sentences with phrase «one's main opponent»

While the headlines may have shifted to the bigger story of Assemblyman Vito Lopez's collapse and Speaker Sheldon Silver's prior efforts to shield him, Ms. Rivera's main opponent Mark Gjonaj is using his hefty campaign account to further press the case.

«Our two main opponents stand united in their ongoing attacks on our public school system and their promotion of privatization, including charter schools.

The governing National Democratic Congress» main opponent Nana Akufo - Addo of the New Patriotic Party has also submitted his forms.

There are plenty of meaty supporting roles for actors — Jesse Plemons catches the eye as a preppy lawyer, Bradley Whitford as Graham's main opponent on the board.

As we mentioned at the beginning main opponents will be BMW 5 Series, Audi A6 and Cadillac CTS and many others.

Mr Mahama's main opponent in the race is Nana Akufo - Addo, flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party.

Former chief strategist Steve Bannon was one of the main opponents of the accord before leaving the White House last month.

The project's main opponent, the local environmental group Douglas Channel Watch, maintains the risk from either a tanker accident or a pipeline breach is too high for the small number of jobs the pipeline would bring to the community.

Victoria's Dogwood Initiative is planning a Sept. 20 rally outside Lunn's office to highlight his support of oil tanker traffic, and all three of his main opponents will be doing their best to show the minister's record is a very dark brown.

The PCs have nominated Westlock County Councillor Maureen Kubinec, who will face off against her main opponent Wildrose candidate Link Byfield.

Mr. Lukaszuk's main opponent, bank executive Jim Prentice, has tried his best to avoid connecting himself in anyway to his party's former leader.

He gives us even more, exploring the three main opponents we face when we enter the arena of investing.

Their main opponent was a biology professor from a fundamentalist college, with a Ph.D. from the University of Texas in Zoology.

He knows that the fight at the top got ten times harder and anything he can do to hinder the main opponents then he will do just that.

Their main opponent for the title of greatest forward trio in Spain was the «BBC» — Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, Karim B...

Officials with the Tandem Challenge Group, the main opponent of the proposal, say the focus on affordability takes away from the more important concerns of density, traffic, safety and the impact the development could have.

The irony is that her main opponent, D. Trump, is hardly known for telling the truth.

And so it was the rain — not the Tories, not UKIP, not even the gentleman who informed me that he would he would be voting Green «because he didn't want anybody to win» — that was without doubt the main opponent that day.

The election brought the old rascals — the main opponents of the bill — back to office.

The Turner campaign, meanwhile, seemed thrilled Sunday afternoon that their candidate's main opponent is highlight a key endorsement.

Unlike his main opponents Rev. Waterman does not seem to have much support outside the district, but when turnout is only 6000 voters, it is hard to predict what could happen.

His main opponent, Republican Joe Lhota, the former deputy mayor under Rudy Giuliani, has run a misguided, lackluster campaign, which calls into question his credentials as an administrator.

Literally, as her main opponent might say.

Normally, wide - open contests attract a plethora of candidates, but Mr. Stringer managed to muscle his main opponents out of the race.

His main opponent this time will actually be Mr. Felder, who is making his own return to campaign politics.

Granted, some change will occur if this happens, but it is perhaps telling that media sources linked to Plahotniuc have directed a negative campaign against Andrei Năstase and Maia Sandu, while largely ignoring Dodon, despite the latter theoretically being the main opponent of the government.

What matters is the party leader's popularity (relative to that of their main opponent) at or shortly before the time of the election.

He pays tribute to his three main opponents.

The results constitute mixed news for the Conservative Party — the findings are more encouraging for Tories where the Liberal Democrats are in second place than in constituencies where Labour are the main opponents.

The endorsement puts Crowley against a few leading Hispanic lawmakers who have endorsed Rangel's main opponent, State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who nearly unseated the longtime congressman in 2012.

Almost immediately after the vote, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation and Save Chelsea, two main opponents, sent a letter to Quinn asking her to prevent the project.

We'd rather have the Times than not, but we're more than happy to take the Daily News» full - throated endorsement over the Times» tepid, pro-forma, 2 - paragraph piece at the bottom of the page that says as many good things about Rory as it does about our main opponent.»

Malliotakis also had little to say about her main opponent, Paul Massey.

Ironically, Mr. Lasher's main opponent in the Democratic primary, former City Councilman Robert Jackson, was one of the two co-founders of the Campaign for Fiscal equity.

The poll also found Cuomo leading his main opponent for the Democratic primary for governor, actress and public education advocate Cynthia Nixon, but she has gained some ground since March.

There was also a compromise to appease France, one of the main opponents of the new agreement, which will see the rules phased in over three years, rather than the usual two - year period for implementing EU legislation.

Questions have arisen about a nonprofit funded through member item cash funneled by Rangel's main opponent, Sen. Adriano Espaillat.

To my main opponent, Comrade Isaac Awuku Yibor who could not go pass the vetting, I thank you for what could have been a keen contest, and invite you to join hands with me in continuing from where our senior comrade and outgoing MP, Hon Daoud Yemoh Anum will end the NDC vision.

His main opponent, Sal F. Albanese, a lawyer and former city councilman making his third bid for mayor, received 15 percent.

In a video which is circulating on social media, Madam Tetteh's main opponent, George Nenyi Andah is seen telling the crowd to ask Madam Hanna Tetteh to show them her husband.

The former constituency chairman walked off after the EC declared his main opponent Phillip Addison winner of the tightly contested polls.

Speaking to GHOne TV News on the sidelines of the NPP's press conference which analyzed the content of the policy document by its main opponents the NDC on Monday, she revealed that the party is being made to reconsider the date after it emerged that Ghana's senior national football team will be using its marked venue — the Tamale Sports Stadium for an international game.

DAESH's main ideology is about confronting «Rome» - Christian Western states are its main opponent.

His main opponent for the seat, Moskowitz, a staunch opponent of the teacher's union, won the endorsements of the tabloids.

He would have begun as the white knight and within weeks of entering the race, his main opponent would have been engulfed in scandal.