Sentences with phrase «other contested races»

There were two other contested races.

So if this race goes to Dold, it's a bad sign for Democrats in other contested races across the country.

In the only other contested race in Hurley, incumbent Republican highway superintendent Clyde Russell tallied 985 votes to defeat former Hurley town supervisor Mike Shultis, who got 750 votes.

The other contested race was a rematch between Khalid Bey and the Green Party's Howie Hawkins in the Fourth District.

The other contested race in 2014 featured incumbent Mark Costello (R) and challenger Mike Workman (D) running for labor commissioner.

Not exact matches

There were a number of surprises in other contests, including races in Orland Park and Oak Forest.

The WFP sent out a press release yesterday touting its successes in the NYC races other than the mayoral contest, which included 12 NYC Council candidates, including Carlos Menchaca, who defeated incumbent Councilwoman Sara Gonzalez and is poised to become the Council's first Mexican - American member, and Antonio Reynoso, who defeated former Assemblyman Vito Lopez and the remnants of his Brooklyn political machine.

Israel did put two other New York House races — NY - 19 and NY - 13 — on a list of six «emerging races districts,» which means the Democrats are going to keep a close eye on those contests to see how they develop.

So far, a US District Court judge has ordered that the House and US Senate primaries take place on June 26, but the state Legislature has balked at moving the regularly scheduled Sept. 11 intra-party contests for other races up to correspond with that date.

Incumbent Nan Hayworth raised more money in the NY House election than her opponent, a trend shared by 13 other Republicans in contested House races in 2012.

In what will be a hotly contested race pitting Avella against other campaign heavyweights like City Councilman Peter Vallone and Leroy Comrie, Lobbyist Melinda Katz, and Senator Jose Peralta, despite the strong opposition Avella is said to be mulling a chance to stand out from the crowd to gain a foothold in boro - wide politics for another shot at Mayor in 2017.

The Q poll did not survey the two other statewide races for AG and comptroller, which are expected to be considerably (particularly when it comes to choosing Cuomo's successor) closer than these contests.

[47] Sir Menzies Campbell subsequently won the contest, defeating Chris Huhne and Simon Hughes, among others, in a very controversial race.

Kaminsky and other Democrats in the Senate say it's particularly important that the loophole in the law be closed this year, when the 2018 races for control of the state Senate will be hotly contested.

In addition to the supervisor's race, Southampton voters are contemplating other contests, with two seats open on the town board and two incumbents hoping to hang on to their positions.

Many of the other Senate Democrats who, like Manchin, face hotly contested races in 2018, have not yet weighed in on the Haspel nomination.

In fact, because congressional elections look likely to have a separate primary election date from other elections this year, Mr. Jeffries» election may very well be the only contested race on the ballot in the district.

Second, he was slighting other northeast states in making the contest a two horse race.

The hotly contested governor's race has captured most of the headlines, but the party also will nominate a slate of candidates for other statewide offices, as well as U.S. House and Senate seats.

The former president who is rumored to be lacing up his boots to contest in the 2018 NDC presidential primaries explained that anybody who will win the flagbearer race for the party will need the other aspirants» support to win the 2020 elections.

But that wouldn't explain other races in which Republican challengers who support marriage equality were able to unseat Democratic opponents in close contests.

He then went on to cite the NPP presidential race in 2008 in which 16 other candidates contested the then vice-president of the erstwhile President Kuffour administration, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, for the Presidential candidacy of the party.

He said that because it was a special election and there were no other contests, it was clear that contributions to the party committees would go to support candidates in the race.

Nwodo told the News Agency of Nigeria that PDP's ideology forbade Fayose and other members from the South from contesting the presidential race in 2019.

Trying to make projections of the 2008 House races at this point is much more speculative (even by the usual standards of this kind of political prognosticating) to the point of meaninglessness than the other, afore - mentioned contests.

We will be looking at other hotly contested Senate races in the coming weeks but these four offer no initial indication that either party will win a big majority in the Senate in 2010.»

Nonetheless, it comes a surprise to many why these chairmen will take such a decision to single out the former President for this subtle endorsement when others have also expressed their interest to contest the race.

That means primaries for House races will fall on a different day than all of the state's other primaries, including the state's presidential nominating contest.

Other than the open seat race in Iowa, the Wisconsin contest is now Republicans» best chance at a pickup opportunity.

Republicans retorted that their candidate, dairy magnate and two - time gubernatorial primary loser Jim Oberweis, was fatally flawed — so the race could not be used as a barometer for other contests.

Syracuse, N.Y. — In Onondaga County's most - contested race for state Assembly, one candidate has been accused of sending jobs to China and the other of funneling $ 700,000 in taxpayer money to his employer.

When other would - be speakers declined to contest the race to succeed Silver, he was elected without opposition.

The race to be the city's chief fiscal officer has, like the public advocate contest, been a sleepy one, with the incumbent Democrat holding major financial and other advantages, and heavily favored, as the higher profile mayoral race has sucked up the attention of most of whatever small number of voters is paying attention to the municipal elections.

The mountain of signatures shows that the Vermont senator and Brooklyn native intends to run a competitive race in the Empire State against Hillary Clinton, the former New York senator senator and Secretary of State — should he remain viable after primary contests held in two dozen other states.

But, should Rehberg jump to the Senate race, the GOP's only other winner of a statewide race, non-term-limited Secretary of State Brad Johnson, would likely jump into the congressional race and make contest of it.

This fall, in races around the city, several qualified female candidates ran in hotly - contested Democratic primaries for open seats being left by term - limited City Council members, while others attempted to unseat incumbents seeking reelection.

• Besides the Jacobs - Small contest, the other race dominating Erie County politics this year was expected to be Democrat John Flynn versus Republican Joe Treanor for district attorney.

While all the bills would cover candidates running for governor, six of the individual measures would also close the loophole for different sets of statewide and legislative offices: all legislative races in one bill, Senate - only or Assembly - only in two others; the races for attorney general and comptroller in one bill, those contests individually in two others.

Hassan Ayariga was disqualified from the race because some of the subscribers to his nomination form also endorsed other candidates for the contest.

Still, others said they were pleased the speaker's race had been freed from the stranglehold of unelected county political leaders, who traditionally controlled such contests and supported Mr. Garodnick this year.

When I look at the disgusting verbiage coming from President Trump and the pissing contest he is having with Yonkers» own James Comey or closer to home, the nastiness in the race for Senator featuring Assemblywoman Shelley Mayer and Julie Killian, I hark for the days when people in politics would respect each other, fight it out on Election Day and work together afterwards.

Democrats will nominate candidates for other statewide offices Saturday, including the hotly contested governor's race.

While some of the races feature largely unknown candidates who face big obstacles in knocking off an incumbent, other contests are considered highly competitive as candidates vie for open seats.

Sure, we put on our tin foil hat for that last explanation, but there is evidence from other races of similar ballot - order bias within a Democrat v. Democrat contest.

Still other races have little competition for the party primaries, but will be hotly contested for the general.

In the only other contested county - wide race, Gerry Republican Larry Barmore defeated Jamestown Democrat Lori Cornell by a margin of 10 percent.

Idaho Republican Tom Luna emerged today as the winner of one of the nation's two races for open state education superintendencies, while the outcome of the other such contest — in South Carolina — appeared headed for a recount.

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Other premieres during the week's festivities included: Acura's ARX - 05 DPi race car, which will contest the entire 2018 IMSA schedule in a two - car effort run by Team Penske; noted designer Ken Okuyama's Lamborgnini Aventador - based Code 0; and the 400R Concept, a resto - modded 993 - series Porsche 911 by fledgling outfit Gunther Werks.

The other segments of the show can be tense — there is an obstacle course segment, where the contestants are racing against each other and also the clock, and another segment where they hit each other with sponge - ended paddles, both of which can be extremely exciting, especially if the contest is a close one, evenly matched and with much at stake — but this part, with the wall climbing, is too disturbing.