Incumbent Republicans in four more states — Georgia, Iowa, New Mexico and South Carolina — appear more secure, but could end up in tighter
races by Election Day.
Not exact matches
Arlington Heights:
Election day also marked the passing of an era in the largest northwest suburb, where an attorney was ahead
by a small margin in a three - way
race for the mayor «s seat, vacated after 14 years in the firm grasp of retiring Mayor James Ryan.
And when GOP voters rejected their party's nominee in favor of an outsider, they took a striking stand against cross endorsements,
races rigged
by party bosses, and backroom deals for
Election Day patronage spoils.
Less than two weeks before
Election Day, the parties don't agree on much — except these House
races will be decided
by the slimmest of margins.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Republican Favored
by The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.
For the two other candidates in the
race, Democratic City Councilwoman Liz Crowley and GOP Councilman Dan Halloran, the congressional
election represents a free shot of sorts, as neither is up for reelection until 2013 and their
day jobs would not be directly affected
by a loss in any way.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated as a Tossup
by The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Leans Democratic
by The Rothenberg & Gonzalez Political Report / Roll Call.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Tossup
by the Rothenberg & Gonzalez Political Report / Roll Call.
Tedisco tried to make the
race a referendum on Obama, but with
Election Day only two months into the president's term, the Democrat, Scott Murphy, drafted on Democrats» big 2008 win, and eventually won
by less than a thousand votes.
The
day is expected to be further complicated
by brand new Assembly and Senate district lines, which have changed many voters» districts and polling places, as well as lingering doubts over the competency of the Board of
Elections, which bungled the ballot count in June's Congressional
race between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat so badly that it took weeks to learn the final results.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Tilts Democrat
by The Rothenberg & Gonzalez Political Report / Roll Call.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Safe Democrat
by The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Leans Democratic
by The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.
Ten
days after
Election Day, The Associated Press called the race Friday after updated election results showed Bera extending his lead over Jones by more than 2 percentage
Election Day, The Associated Press called the
race Friday after updated
election results showed Bera extending his lead over Jones by more than 2 percentage
election results showed Bera extending his lead over Jones
by more than 2 percentage points.
Despite the challenge from Republican Matt Doheny in 2012 — who had the advantage of no Conservative Party spoiler in the
race — Owens was able to win
by a decisive margin on
Election Day.
With three weeks until
Election Day, Hillary Clinton holds a four - point lead over Donald Trump in the
race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Republican nominee hobbled
by persistent perceptions that he is not qualified to be president.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Tilts Democratic
by The Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.
The crisis that derailed ranked choice in 2017 began all the way back on
Election Day 1879, when Republican gubernatorial candidate Daniel Davis missed an outright majority
by three - tenths of a percent in a three - way
race.
«With less than two weeks until
Election Day, it's going to take more than a minor miracle
by the Paladino campaign to turn the gubernatorial
race around,» Greenberg said in a statement.
Coming into
Election Day, the
race was rated Tilts Democrat
by the Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report / Roll Call.
Tomorrow is
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Republicans went on to nominate state Assemblywoman Dierdre Scozzafava, who withdrew from the
race three
days before the
election and endorsed Democratic candidate Bill Owens, who won
by a 2.3 percent margin and served two terms before retiring in 2013.
In the 2014
race for governor, when Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic incumbent, was leading
by 37 points over his Republican rival Rob Astorino with nearly four months till
Election Day, the Republican Governors Association wrote off the loss.
In the San Francisco mayor's
race in 2003, for example, Green mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez actually won the
election day vote, but ultimately lost, as his opponent had banked over 60,000 vote -
by - mail votes well in advance of
election day.
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EdSource With less than two weeks to go before
Election Day, the
race for California state superintendent of public instruction has been fueled
by a combined $ 24 million...
So as the public interest in the
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by friends and family who fall into that middle - of - the - political - spectrum undecided group that determines the outcome of every
election) to shed some light on the issues of the
day.