Sentences with phrase «other leading candidates»

Her efforts to focus on the difficulties of Americans in finding work was part of the reason liberal Democrats had urged President Obama to nominate her to succeed Bernanke instead of the other leading candidate, Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary who had been Obama's top economic adviser.

The other leading candidates to replace Wenger, 68, who won three Premier League titles and seven FA Cups at Arsenal, are highly rated Hoffenheim coach Julian Nagelsmann, the choice of Gunners head of recruitment Sven Mislintat.

«His lack of clubhouse political experience may be his greatest asset as the state needs someone untainted from all previous cozy arrangements that the other leading candidates are all part of.

(Mr. Powell is several months younger than Mr. Williams) The other leading candidates in the race are older.

None of the other leading candidates from either party who have children made the decision to send them to public school: Bill Thompson sent his daughter to private school and his step - children are in boarding school, while Republicans Joe Lhota and John Catsimatidis sent their children to private schools.

Of the other leading candidates, Dame Tessa had been «incredibly successful at delivering the Olympics» and would be a «good consensual advocate for London».

Kucinich's main contender in the race, Richard Cordray, has said legalization should be left up to the voters, while two other leading candidates, former state Supreme Court Justice Bill O'Neill and State Sen. Joe Schiavioni, both also support legalization.