Sentences with phrase «points in a race against»

But in 2014, Gibson won by nearly 30 points in a race against Democrat Sean Eldridge, a political activist who is the wealthy husband of Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes.

Not exact matches

Bee pointed out that NBC continued their relationship with Trump as host of «The Apprentice» franchise as he fervently rolled out his «birther» campaign against President Barack Obama — essentially condoning «a race - baiting demagogue,» in Bee's opinion.

Against sacralism, liberation theologians point to the many ideological distortions of Christian faith to legitimate dominative power - complexes and value - conflicts in which that faith is used to victimize the poor, women, non-European races, the environment, and the defenseless.

lol, yes clay i am an atheist... i created the sun whorshipping thing to have argument against religion from a religious stand point... however, the sun makes more sense then something you can't see or feel — the sun also gives free energy... your god once did that for the jews, my gives it to the human race as well as everything else on the planet, fuk even the planet is nothing without the sun... but back to your point — yes it is very hypocritical of me, AND thats the point, every religious person i have ever met has and on a constant basis broken the tenets of there faith without regard for there souls — it seems to only be the person's conscience that dictates what is right and wrong... the belief in a god figure is just because its tradition to and plus every else believes so its always to be part of the group instead of an outsider — that is sadly human nature to be part of the group.

A win this weekend against Manchester United, who are claimed to be rotating players for our crunch tie at the Emirates on Sunday, will move us within two points of the Red Devils, whilst having played once less, and would give us the advantage over them in the race.

Arsenal are now just one point behind Liverpool, who are now under pressure to get all three points against West Ham tomorrow, so does Wenger think we are right back in the race for the Top Four?

Since that all - star game, Bolin has averaged 30.3 points — including a club - record 41 against Chicago — and, with a season average of 26.8, she's just 3.2 points behind New Jersey's Carol (the Blaze) Blazejowski in the WBL scoring race.

Real are now eight points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona in the Spanish title race, and will have expected to do better than take one point from two games against Spurs in their bid to retain the European Cup.

Despite a somewhat misleading flying start (a string of four - goal victories against relegation fodder), the Red Devils» form has taken a hit since then, leaving them eight points off the pace in the title race.

Arsenal are on one of their worst runs of form for many years, with 5 defeats out of their last 8 games, and the only wins have come against low - ranking teams in Lincoln, Sutton and Hull, so Arsene Wenger will be desperate to start picking up points again to try and keep pace in the race for the Top Four.

In contrast, Arsenal, exhausted after their victory against Leicester had to compete on 3 fronts — and immediately lost 3 consecutive games beginning with the crushing defeat to Barcelona, and in so doing went out of both the FA and European Cups and collected only 9 league points to effectively drop out of, then lose, the title racIn contrast, Arsenal, exhausted after their victory against Leicester had to compete on 3 fronts — and immediately lost 3 consecutive games beginning with the crushing defeat to Barcelona, and in so doing went out of both the FA and European Cups and collected only 9 league points to effectively drop out of, then lose, the title racin so doing went out of both the FA and European Cups and collected only 9 league points to effectively drop out of, then lose, the title race!

The 1 - 0 win at Turf Moor moved the side to within four points of league leaders Chelsea and while there has been talk of a potential title race, Wenger has insisted that his defenders deserve credit for their performance in the battling win against the relegation - threatened Clarets:

Its tight in the race for a top four place, so we have got to dig deep against leicester city and get that all important 3 priceless points!

At one point when you are so far in the top 4 race, out of the FA Cup and not even sure to win your Europa tie against AC Milan in the current state... players should be more hungry when being 90 mins away from what could be the only piece of silverware of the season.

So if the battling draw against the spuds really has given Arsenal their belief back, will it prove to be a vital point in the EPL title race?

Chelsea are preparing to face QPR this afteroon knowing that Arsenal have risen to just four points behind them in the title race after grinding out the three points against lowly Burnley yesterday.

We are now on a 5 - game unbeaten run again, and if we can get all 3 points against Watford in 8 days time, then we will be in good heart to face the League leaders on the following weekend in which could be our big throw of the dice in the title race....

When you are 9 points behind in the PL race and you fail to build momentum against beatable teams, it's not going to be your season.

Against surprising Arizona State on Saturday night, Utah raced to 17 straight points late in the first half while State couldn't score at all, and that was enough for an 88 - 80 win.

As Arsene Wenger said, it was vital that Arsenal returned to winning ways against Everton this weekend, and one of the heros of that game, David Ospina, told the Mail how important it was to keep picking up points in the title race.

We can only hope that the two dropped points against Stoke do not end up being the difference in the title race at the end of the season.

This is another must - win game for Arsene Wenger's side to stay in touch with the race for the title, and a win will take them to third place just six points behind Chelsea ahead of tomorrows big derby against Spurs.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.

Cardiff, though, head into Friday's blockbuster with a game in hand, and three points against Wolves could push the Championship title race right to the wire!

Wins over Chelsea and Newcastle repaired some of the damage in the league, and they even won at Old Trafford, though a late Aguero goal against rivals United did not look like making a difference in the title race, as Sir Alex Ferguson's side were still 12 points ahead even after this morale - lifting derby result.

However, Vazquez has insisted that Real aren't considering Barca as their only opponents in the title race, and are also considering third - placed Atletico Madrid, who are two points behind Real ahead of their game in hand against Granada on Sunday.

The reigning champions picked up a valuable point in their last league match against local rivals Racing Club and will hope to improve their form with a positive result against the Ecuadorian side.

in 1936, for instance, Sam will point out, Sam De Lucia won the 150 - mile and 300 - mile united concourses competing against 8,000 birds in each race.

Manuel Pellegrini's side are nine points behind Chelsea in the title race but can close the gap on Monday Night Football against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.

Arsenal dropped more points in the title race following a 3 - 3 draw against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium in midweek and the result was most certainly a very disappointing one for the Gunners.

Far from pretty, a lifeless Atletico Madrid secured 3 valuable points against lowly Granada in the race to contest in Europe next year with a 2 - 0 win at the Vicente Calderon.

In terms of the title race, a draw at White Hart Lane was far from ideal for Arsenal against Tottenham on Saturday, with the Gunners now eight points off the top with nine games to go.

They dropped two points against West Bromwich Albion this past Monday night though, which look likely to prove hugely costly in the race for the Premier League.

Match Preview: Real Madrid has had difficult couple of months where they lost against Valencia, got lucky against Villarreal and Las Palmas but dropping 5 points in last three La Liga games have allowed Barcelona to make their way back into the title race.

First a surprise defeat against AFC Bournemouth followed by a 2 - 2 draw at home against struggling West Ham see them drop five crucial points in the title race.

Last time these two meet was back in december 2015 when Real Madrid ran out 4 - 1 winners at Santiago Benrabeu and can expect another similar performance from Madrid against a relegation threatened Getafe side who are 2 points behind Granada for the La Liga survival race.

Labour point to the dog - whistle campaign against Sadiq Khan in the London mayoral race and the emphasis placed on Diane Abbott during the general election campaign.

But Democrats point to two unresolved races that expect to win: Terry Gipson leading Sen. Stephen Saland in the Poughkeepsie area, while Cecilia Tkaczyk holds a 139 - vote lead in the Mohawk Valley seat against Assemblyman George Amedore.

Deacon — who is currently 23 percentage points down against incumbent Rep. Katko (R - N.Y.) in New York state's 24th Congressional District race — was officially endorsed by Hochul during the rally.

Has any reporter anywhere bothered to review at what point Hillary dropped her race against Obama in the 2008 presidential primary?

There's a variety of factors why Cuomo fares so poorly in some of these districts, ranging from staunch opposition SAFE Act to his truculent relationship with public - worker labor organizations (never mind that Tkaczyk, a Democrat who narrowly won her race by 18 votes in 2012, did not cast a vote for or against the legislation considering her race had not been resolved at that point).

In the Rochester area 55th SD race, Democratic freshman Sen. Ted O'Brien has significantly closed the gap against his Republican challenger, Rich Funke, however, Funke has a 9 - point, 51 - 42 lead in to the closing days of the campaigIn the Rochester area 55th SD race, Democratic freshman Sen. Ted O'Brien has significantly closed the gap against his Republican challenger, Rich Funke, however, Funke has a 9 - point, 51 - 42 lead in to the closing days of the campaigin to the closing days of the campaign.

According to a Siena College poll released November 2, in the 41st state Senate District, incumbent Democrat Terry Gipson has narrowed a 12 - point deficit against Republican challenger Sue Serino to two points, rendering the race practically even.

In response, Rockland Democratic Party Executive Director Theodore Collins, himself disqualified from an effort to get on the ballot in the Spring Valley trustee race, hit back hard against Lacorte, pointing out the candidate declined to participate in a pre-filing review of his petitions offered through the County DemocratIn response, Rockland Democratic Party Executive Director Theodore Collins, himself disqualified from an effort to get on the ballot in the Spring Valley trustee race, hit back hard against Lacorte, pointing out the candidate declined to participate in a pre-filing review of his petitions offered through the County Democratin the Spring Valley trustee race, hit back hard against Lacorte, pointing out the candidate declined to participate in a pre-filing review of his petitions offered through the County Democratin a pre-filing review of his petitions offered through the County Democrats.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ahead of his Republican challengers when it comes to fundraising and name - recognition in the governor's race, but the GOP is trying to leverage an ongoing corruption case against a former Cuomo aide as a point of attack.

«I started 30 points down in that race, against a popular incumbent with bags of money,» said Astorino, who says people asked him why he was running.

Tracey Bartels of Gardiner heard the footsteps in her race against Republican John Hanson, winning by just four points.

Likewise, state Sen. Julie Lassa of Stevens Point is expected to win the Democratic Party's nomination in a race against real estate broker Don Raihala of Superior.

Mike Callaghan is surging against Capito and he has steadily made this a race, coming to within four points of Capito in the latest poll (47 - 43, MOE 5.49 %) and all the monetum is clearly going his way.

In the race for world domination, cockroaches have scored another point against Homo sapiens.