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Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis could emerge from the mayoral race as a contender for governor or other statewide office in 2018, GOP state Chairman Ed Cox said on Tuesday.

Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis could emerge from the NYC mayoral race as a contender for governor or other statewide office in 2018, GOP state Chairman Ed Cox said.

Not exact matches

New York «s culture website Vulture wrote recently about the difficulty in forecasting this year's Best Picture Oscar race for reasons that include an especially diverse crowd of contenders, as well as last - minute controversies and an all - around «politically charged moment» in time.

Several other prominent contenders are viewed still as possibilities to jump into the race, including Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Eight highly talented contenders are racing for the championship... even as the league claims that three quarters of its franchises are swimming in red ink.

Though the result fortified his status as a Chase for the Cup contender (he's 11th in the point standings), it was a bitter pill after he had led a race - high 55 laps and been in front following a yellow flag with 13 to go.

Simon Pagenaud and Schmidt Hamilton Motorsports made the giant leap from weekly contenders to annual race winners in 2013 and may have established themselves as one of the championship favorites ahead of next season.

Just one goal behind James Rodriguez in the race for the top scorer award and having done more than anyone to drag Germany to the quarter finals, Muller deserves as much respect as other contenders with more exotic names and trendy haircuts.

But a final decision will have to be made after the current season as Busch is still a contender, currently 47 points (less than a full race) behind championship leader Matt Kenseth with six races remaining.

Still, with Hundley in his third year as starting quarterback, and with well - placed seniors on the defense — Owa Odighizuwa on the defensive line, Eric Kendricks at inside linebacker, Anthony Jefferson at safety — there was supposed to be enough veteran leadership and experience on the roster to make UCLA the favorites in the Pac - 12 South and supposed darkhorse contenders * in the national title race.

As Dybala's propsed move to Turin edges closer, the Metro reports that Arsenal are in a race against time to throw their hat into the ring and emerge as serious contenders to beat Juve to this exciting signing, who looks a player capable of becoming one of the best in the worlAs Dybala's propsed move to Turin edges closer, the Metro reports that Arsenal are in a race against time to throw their hat into the ring and emerge as serious contenders to beat Juve to this exciting signing, who looks a player capable of becoming one of the best in the worlas serious contenders to beat Juve to this exciting signing, who looks a player capable of becoming one of the best in the world.

Like the East Region, the South Region is shaping up to be a two team race as well, this time between Duke and Gonzaga, with Iowa State and Utah the closest contenders.

This splendid redundancy was all that past performance charts had to say about the last three races of Venezuela's Canonero II, who made America's classic contenders look like Percherons as he rounded a jampacked field to score a stunning upset in the Kentucky Derby

Neil Warnock was appointed as the man who would motivate a squad on the fringes of the play - off race into contenders.

But Kuhl eventually took a pass on the race, as did all the other would - be GOP candidates, Corning Mayor Tom Reed, who announced a challenge to Massa long before the sexual harassment scandal forced him from office, as the lone Row B contender.

Assemblyman Carl Heastie's team is working overtime to make him look like the inevitable winner of the speaker's race, and while he is indeed perceived as the frontrunner at this point, his fellow contenders aren't quite ready to throw in the towel.

Levy can take some solace in the fact that he's at least listed as a contender in the race, which the third GOP primary candidate, Carl Paladino is not.

The race for City Councilman John Liu's (D - Flushing) seat got a little less crowded Tuesday as former Democratic contender and Working Families Party endorsee S.J. Jung dropped out of the race.

Much like a previous radio ad on this subject, this spot casts the race for governor as a two - person contest between «two major candidates» — Paladino and Cuomo — making no mention of the third contender, Republican Rick Lazio, whom Paladino must first defeat in a primary before facing off against the AG.

For now, the Republican contenders being talked about for the gubernatorial race this year include Assembly Minority Leader and Canandaigua resident Brian Kolb who has already declared he will seek the nomination, as well as possible contenders State Senator John DeFrancisco, Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra.

Priebus currently sits atop the first tier of contenders in the race, as The Fix outlined this morning.

She was widely regarded as a strong contender for the speakership and her exit from the Council left the speaker race dominated by men.

Carly Fiorina, the former C.E.O. of Hewlett - Packard who lost a high - profile Senate race in California in 2010, pitched herself as a contender for president in 2016, in a speech to the NYS Conservative Party's 48th annual conference.

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

As of today, there's also a Green Party contender in the race, Ursula Rozum.

DeFrancisco, R - DeWitt, emerged this weekend as the leading contender for the designation after his chief rival, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, abruptly dropped out of the race.

The former secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady hasn't announced her intentions but is expected to enter the race as the favored Democratic contender.

She served as a Council Member representing parts of Brooklyn, and until Monday, she was considered one of the top contenders in the race to become New York City's next mayor.

Former city Comptroller Bill Thompson recently surged to join City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and former Rep. Anthony Weiner as the top contenders in the race for City Hall, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday evening.

Besides the local races for town supervisor, town board, highway superintendent and town justice, the citizens of Gardiner have the opportunity on Election Day to choose between two seasoned contenders as their District 16 representative in the Ulster County Legislature.

As she gears up for the borough - wide race — assuming that current BP Scott Stringer runs for mayor — possible contenders for her district seat are already emerging.

A recent poll from Siena College, Syracuse.com and Spectrum News shows Perez Williams and Walsh as the two top contenders in the race.

ATLANTA (CNN)-- A political surprise created a wide open race for Georgia governor next year, as the leading Republican contender was forced to drop out Wednesday because of medical problems.

For example, in the Chairmanship race, only one of the five contenders, Alhaji Abubakari Abdul - Rahman popularly known as Alhaji Short, is from Upper West.

The race for Rochester's next mayor kicks off as the first official contender enters the ring.

The Love Gov's potshot at the longtime politician — who insists he has supported abolishing term limits as a principle for years — came one day after a Quinnipiac University poll showed the two contenders running neck - and - neck in the formerly lopsided race.

On Sunday, the New York Times reported that the White House had urged Paterson to withdraw as a Democratic contender in the 2010 gubernatorial race, a claim the White House neither confirmed nor denied.

Babinec himself poured more than $ 2 million into his campaign last year, as he emerged as a serious third - party contender in a hotly contested Congressional race.

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But its calling out Letters from Iwo Jima the year before was an important moment in the 2007 Oscar race because at that time Letters hadn't yet really come forward as a major contender; most were focused on Flags on Our Fathers, which didn't do as well.

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If you've been talked up as an Oscar contender for the last several months, if you've already been anointed by critics groups or the Golden Globes, then you're seriously in the race.

The Foreign Press loves international stars, so, although Queen of the South comes across as a little too mainstream to be an awards contender, Alice Braga could easily sneak into the drama actress race.

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Queen Latifah (Life Support) Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act) Mary - Louise Parker (The Robber Bride) Debra Messing (The Starter Wife) Gena Rowlands (What If God Were the Sun) Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Robert Duvall (Broken Trail) Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Sea Change) Jim Broadbent (Longford) William H. Macy (Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King) Matthew Perry (The Ron Clark Story) Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Greta Scacchi (Broken Trail) Anna Paquin (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Samantha Morton (Longford) Judy Davis (The Starter Wife) Toni Collette (Tsunami: The Aftermath) Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Thomas Haden Church (Broken Trail) August Schellenberg (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Aidan Quinn (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Edward Asner (The Christmas Card) Joe Mantegna (The Starter Wife) Also see the acting nominees in the comedy and drama races, as well as the assorted outstanding - series contenders.

The film, which has become controversial because of the way it handles race, has also been on an awards - season high lately, scooping up four Golden Globes on Sunday and continuing its march ahead as a strong Oscar contender.

He's already been named as a contender in the Best Actor race.

(One Academy voter recently admitted, anonymously, to having rejected Get Out, Jordan Peele's deeply innovative and urgently important Best Picture contender, out of hand — precisely because, the voter groused, «as far as I'm concerned, they played the race card.»)

Still, the Globes» picks solidify the three - way race that has been brewing between La La Land, Moonlight, and Manchester, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association only made a couple of surprising choices, including selecting Tom Ford as one of their five Best Director contenders for Nocturnal Animals.

The only times I feel personal life factors into the race is when a contender's bad behavior becomes public (as happened to Eddie Murphy and Russell Crowe's A Beautiful Mind bid) or they grab sympathy votes (such as Elizabeth Taylor's first win or Heath Ledger's one).