Sentences with phrase «ran a strong challenge»

Stocker ran a strong challenge against Democratic Assemblyman Robin Schimminger in the 2010 general election.

«But Clements is running a strong challenge and at the very least, he is forcing Big Oil super PACs to unexpectedly redirect funds to Upton and away from the tight Senate races.»

Not exact matches

The 20 - year - old was in a good run of form before he was crocked following a strong challenge from Hector Moreno and is now able to put his full weight on his injured leg and is expected to be out for at least six months.

The warm sunshine was favourable for 800m running and Kenyaâ $ ™ s Abraham Kiplagat just saw off a strong challenge from Windsorâ $ ™ s Rory Graham - Watson in the A race, in 1:49.59 to 1:49.68.

There are two running backs, presenting different challenges to defenses, but each strong enough to carry a team by themselves if necessary.

All fans should realize we've run out of excuses, this whole time our inability to challenge for the PL has had less to do with resources but more to do with the manager's inability to develop a strong mentality in the dressing room.

He uses his body better to win the challenges and his recovery runs are stronger when the ball goes behind him.

There is a very real danger of our title challenge looking over before it has begun if we lose those two early matches, so Wenger needs to have the team as strong as possible and ready to hit the ground running and that could mean him getting any transfers done and dusted early enough to get the new lads settled in before the season begins.

A quality Striker such as Podolski does not need to back track and defend, he must challenge the Defenders and wait for counterattacks, a striker role is to sprint from midfield to goal, is not running all over the pitch as I see GIROUD and WELBECK, defending posts against corners, no wonder at the 60th minute they disappear, you need strong legs to score....

Dominate physically, run more than they do, challenge strong even when unneeded, don't let them turn never mind pick a pass.

We all know that Arsenal can be brilliant and give any other team on the planet a run for their money, but we are also too well aware that in recent years we have not done it on a consistent enough basis to mount a strong enough challenge for the Premier League trophy.

Arsenal need to be strong on positional play rather than being strong on challenges and play more like Germany with Monreal as Lahm and sanchez as goetz against Chelsea cause once arsenal get that advantage of home support at the start with small probing like isolation of matic and not fabregas cause he should be clumsy at certain uncertain stages for Chelsea and also Welbeck running at ivanovic

Whether they are strong enough to keep this good run of form going and whether that can challenge for major honours on both domestic and European fronts later in the season.

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Hawkins is hoping to tap into liberal dissatisfaction with Cuomo, and gain some of the supporters of Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran a surprisingly strong primary challenge to the governor in September.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said.

Republican Harry Wilson, a wealthy investor and friend of Mayor Bloomberg who ran a strong, but losing, campaign for state comptroller last year, said yesterday he's giving «serious consideration» to challenging the once - moderate but now ultra-liberal Gillibrand in the 2012 balloting.

Jen Metzger of Rosendale is running against 10 - termer John Bonacic of Mount Hope, Patrice Courtney Strong of Kingston will face George Amedore of Rotterdam, and Karen Smythe of Red Hook will challenge Sue Serino of Hyde Park.

But Clinton is facing a stronger - than - anticipated challenge in New York from her rival for the Democratic nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who said he will run a competitive campaign for the state's primary.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic Primary or General Election challenge successful,» Peter A. Brown, the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a news release.

De Blasio is «extremely vulnerable» to a challenge next year, and is already running virtually even with his strongest Democratic rival, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, according to a poll released yesterday by Bradley Tusk, a consultant focused on ousting the mayor.

Pataki launched Revere America not long after deciding to take a pass on running for statewide office here in New York (GOP leaders hoped he would challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, as polls showed he was the strongest of their would - be competitors).

Mr. Thompson recently told Mr. Jeffries that he viewed the congressman as the strongest black candidate who could run against the mayor in 2017 — and one of only two Democrats, along with Scott M. Stringer, the current comptroller, able to mount a real challenge to Mr. de Blasio.

«This process of Hearing Every Voice has been exciting and challenging but there is no doubt that it will make us stronger in the long run.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is «extremely vulnerable» to a challenge next year and is already running virtually even with his strongest Democratic rival, according to a poll released Wednesday.

«Actress Cynthia Nixon is a nuisance to Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks a third term, but at this stage, she is not running strong enough to make either the Democratic primary or general election challenge successful,» Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement.

(Wu, a Columbia University law professor, ran with Zephyr Teachout, whose surprisingly strong challenge to Cuomo led to an unflattering result for the governor.)

Najmi is hoping to rally progressive support, having been endorsed by liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout, who ran a surprisingly strong primay challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year.

Elsewhere in the city, incumbents largely were returned to office, though Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr., running unopposed, faced a surprisingly strong, last minute write - in challenge from Marc Fliedner, an out gay ex-prosecutor prompted to jump in when revelations surfaced about the incumbent's failure to pursue fraud charges against Ivanka and Donald Trump, Jr., in their marketing of the Trump Soho and sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein brought by an Italian model who captured a partial admission from the former film mogul on tape.

Roll Call's other three are CO-3 (freshman Democrat John Salazar defending a Republican - leaning seat), CT - 4 (moderate Republican Chris Shays facing a strong challenge from Dianne Farrell), and LA - 3 (freshman Democrat Charlie Melancon running for reelection).

Sheldon Silver's chosen successor, Democrat Alice Cancel, has won a tight race in a special election to fill the shamed former speaker's Assembly seat — beating back a strong challenge from Yuh - Line Niou, who ran on the Working Families Party ballot.

He congratulated Zephyr Teachout on running a strong, spirited campaign challenging Cuomo's record.

She had run a strong primary challenge to Quinn in 2009, winning almost a third of the vote in a three - woman race, but improved her percentage only modestly after four years in which she remained an anti-establishment critic, focusing particular attention on the closing of St. Vincent's Hospital, for which she repeatedly faulted the speaker.

For instance, the source said, if someone like George Phillips, the underfunded Republican who's running a surprisingly strong challenge against Maurice Hinchey in upstate New York's 22nd District, were to end up in a recount, he would likely be a recipient of help from the national teams.

Though she ran her campaign on a shoestring and with scarcely any organizational support, Ms. Teachout was on pace to record the strongest challenge to an incumbent governor since primaries for the office were established in New York in 1970.

But Katko, a former federal prosecutor from Camillus making his first run for office, is mounting a strong challenge to the two - term congressman.

But he hopes that a version running on a single Pentium could make a strong challenge at speed chess, which is what will be played in May's tournament.

But full - body fitness is all about facing your fears and overcoming personal challenges, and running is a great way to start your fitness plan strong.

Hopefully you're ending January strong and with your goals still in sight, but just in case you're lagging or need some more motivation, we're running a Fit February Challenge this month over on the IBIH Community Facebook Group!

The point is that challenging experiences often make us stronger in the long run.

There are still some challenges to tackle before 7th gen emulation becomes a truly convenient and enjoyable method of playing games, as there is still the shader cache issue for RPCS3, and this performance update doesn't automatically mean that all games will run at a solid 30 FPS, not to mention that not all gamers have access to a CPU strong enough to pull this off.

Questions about Quality Education Academy's basketball program highlight criticisms and challenges DPI faces in overseeing charter schools, the privately - run and publicly - funded schools poised to grow rapidly with strong backing from the Republican - led state legislature and Republican Gov. Pat McCrory.

Shedden charged through the grid in chase, only to run out of laps before he could turn his strong pace into a serious challenge.

The current FIA World Endurance Championship GTE Pro leader, Aston Martin Racing is running an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the world - famous 24 - hour endurance race, and the V12 - powered charger will carry the luxury hotel group's branding as it challenges the 200 - strong grid for the race win.

«The No. 3 and No. 4 Corvette C7.R drivers and crews again demonstrated their «never - give - up attitude with strong runs that netted them fourth and fifth finishing positions despite numerous challenges during the race,» Campbell added.

The lively little engine runs strong and this car has proven itself on events such as the challenging California Mille in 2010.

- Travis has a weak attack, strong attack and jump attack - Travis also has different skills and a running slash - you can do a 2 - player special attack - story focuses on the relationship between Travis and Badman - some of the alternate / secret routes in the game will make your path ahead more challenging - camera style will change depending on where you are in a level - includes a cameo from The Silver Case - Suda used games like Smash TV as an inspiration for Travis Strikes Again - the staff working on this game is about 10 people in total - Suda still has the idea of a game starring Shinobu, but isn't sure if that would be for No More Heroes 3 or another spin - off - Suda says he'd like to put Juliet from Lollipop Chainsaw into the game, but he'd need permission from Kadokawa WB

Keep players interested in striving for stronger weapons and armor, then they will go back and run the content again and tackle the challenges in a different way, or simply with a bigger gun.

The target audience of this title include folks who first experienced these games in the late eighties and early nineties and who want to have a strong nostalgic Mega Man experience, people who are interested in the history and evolution of video games, people who enjoy watching and competing in speed running challenges, and people who enjoy Mega Man art and trivia.

Most importantly, despite the challenging financial times, not only was this conference a complete sell - out (which runs counter to every other recent legal conference across North America to which the writer is aware) it had a very strong, upbeat «buzz».