Sentences with phrase «run a contest as»

Not exact matches

The community's political leanings left no viable option for Clarke but to run as a Democrat and make it through a contested primary, as he has managed to in every election since.

«Write to Play» heralded Playworld's first - ever social media giveaway, and the results are impressive: Not only did its Facebook fan base increase from 600 to more than 9,000 during the two months the contest ran, but as finalists rallied to gain community support for their campaigns, many local news outlets reported on their efforts, earning Playworld significant free publicity in the process.

The first case, known as Halbig v. Burwell, contests the tax subsidies individuals get through exchanges run by the federal government.

To drive engagement, the company enlisted Likeable to launch a #purebarrelife campaign, a contest which asked clients to share personal stories about integrating Pure Barre into their daily lives through text, photos and videos on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for a chance to win prizes.The company enlisted the agency's help because Likeable has the expertise to navigate the challenges involved in running a national social - media contest, such as time demands, possible legal issues, and the unique rules and guidelines of each individual platform.

Prizes from business contests run the gamut: A seemingly infinite number of local and business - school competitions offer small - change awards of $ 5,000 to $ 15,000; meanwhile, Rice University doles out six - figure prizes annually, as do accelerators MassChallenge and TechStars.

In 2008, Ms. Cavaliere challenged Raj Sherman in the Meadowlark PC nomination contest before withdrawing, switching parties and unsuccessfully running against him in that year's election as the Liberal candidate.

Mr. Lukaszuk turned on Ms. Redford when her star was falling and ran in PC leadership contest as an outsider.

Originally a product of Greek culture, the Olympics ran for over 1,000 years as a series of contests including music and poetry along with sport, before being abolished in 393 CE.

During the home - run - hitting contest at the All - Star Game, which most players treated as kindergartners would recess, Martinez watched Mark McGwire closely.

As mentioned, Mourinho's men come into the contest on the back of Thursday's crucial 1 - 0 win over Celta Vigo, a result which takes the Reds a step closer to the Europa League final, while extending our unbeaten run to 12 games in all competitions.

Meanwhile, the Panthers will need to improve defensively to avoid allowing the Bears running game to destroy them, as they currently rank 27th in the NFL for rushing yards allowed per contest.

As one of the world's largest running sporting fixtures, it's a fantastic opportunity to show our young and global audience a great contest between two of the most prestigious universities in the world.»

Ten - man Albania were denied a historic point on their European Championship debut as Switzerland ran out winners in a hotly contested game in Lens.

It was a disappointing defeat as Blackburn were on a high themselves after afive match unbeaten run consisting of a couple of decent results against the two teams currently contesting the league, Chelsea & Manchester United.

West Brom could open their accounts in 2011 in style were they to ground out some form of a result at home to Manchester United, whom they've never beaten in a Premier League contest and in their most recent meeting with the Red Devils at The Hawthorns, during the 2008/2009 league campaign, shipped 5 as United ran riot winning 5 - 0.

Surprisingly, the contest appears to run on number of votes, as opposed to player testimonies, so that anyone's vote counts.

As part of the program, all Chicago - area schools are able to enter a contest that will run for 11 weeks, beginning Jan. 17 at www.sheddaquarium.org/NextGen.

As far as I know, the governor isn't doing anything to assist any of the other candidates running in the three other Assembly specials taking place around the state tomorrow or the contest down in Brooklyn to fill the seat of former Sen. Carl KrugeAs far as I know, the governor isn't doing anything to assist any of the other candidates running in the three other Assembly specials taking place around the state tomorrow or the contest down in Brooklyn to fill the seat of former Sen. Carl Krugeas I know, the governor isn't doing anything to assist any of the other candidates running in the three other Assembly specials taking place around the state tomorrow or the contest down in Brooklyn to fill the seat of former Sen. Carl Kruger.

Vanderhoef was the early frontrunner in this race, largely due to his higher name recognition (recall he also ran for LG as John Faso's running mate in 2006), but he told me this morning that the contest is tighter than expected.

Lerner said when Cuomo was running for his first term as governor in 2010, he did not endorse an AG candidate, and the contest was decided in a five - way primary that Schneiderman won.

Pastor Bakare was notably picked as the running mate of current president, Muhammadu Buhari, when he contested on the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) during the 2011 presidential election which he lost to former president, Goodluck Jonathan.

Smith won the support of 90 Labour MPs to stand in this contest, even when Eagle was still in the running, but as yet party members aren't convinced.

As more than one candidate ran for the party leadership, it was the first contested UKIP leadership election since 2010; Farage won the 2014 leadership election unopposed.

The General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, Mr Johnson Asiedu - Nketiah affectionately known in the Ghanaian political circles as «General Mosquito» has dismissed claims by one of his deputies incharge of administration, Koku Anyidoho that he will not seek re-election as General Secretary when the party opens nominations for the next executive contest to run its affairs for election 2020.

Of course, this whole theory could just as easily apply to a congressional candidate running in a contested primary who loses and then decides to run for state Legislature.

However, having resigned as an MP to run the capital it is unlikely that he can would get back into the House of Commons in time for contest this year.

All three candidates are running in tightly contest races this year as Democrats try to gain full control of the state Senate.

But Funke's comments come as he runs in a contested Senate race against first - term Democrat Ted O'Brien, a lawmaker who won his seat in 2012 against Sean Hanna.

And she paid tribute to Mrs Leadsom for her «dignity» in withdrawing her leadership bid, as well as to the three other candidates who ran in the contest.

As of Nick's last post on this subject, no vote had been scheduled for the leadership race, but he noted that the contest could pit a top Republican donor's family against one of the first African - American candidates the party has had run for elected citywide office in recent memory.

Sen. John Thune is currently mulling a run for president but if he takes a pass on that contest, he will likely enter the leadership fight as well.

But be mindful that the special election was a three - way contest that included Jack Davis, running as a Tea Party line, in addition to Republican Jane Corwin.

Even if Sink runs, she may not have the primary field to herself as Reps. Kendrick Meek, Kathy Castor and Ron Klein are considering the contest as is state Sen. Dan Gelber.

Republican state Sen. Leah Vukmir made it official Thursday that she's running for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, casting herself as the only true conservative in a primary contest that includes a former Democrat.

The winner of that contest in September will run against Sen. Joe Addabbo, a two - term Democrat who is viewed as vulnerable because his district has been revamped.

Comedian and citizen - activist Randy Credico, who recently qualified for New York's Democratic mayoral primary ballot, is looking to extend his candidacy beyond the hotly - contested September 10th Democratic primary by running in November as the nominee of the Tax Wall Street Party, a newly - organized political party -LSB-...]

Israel ran through a handful of contested congressional races in New York, as in the 1st Congressional District, where Cantor immediately became an issue in a close Republican primary.

Alternative vote Alternative vote means that voters rank candidates first and second, and the two candidates with the most votes contest an instant run - off (as with the Mayor of London or French Presidential elections).

In addition to looking at a straight head to head between Obama and Romney, PPP also tested a three way contest with the two of them and Gary Johnson running as a Libertarian.

Despite Monserrate's track record, the Democratic primary contest — for the Corona and East Elmhurst seat held by Julissa Ferreras - Copeland, who opted not to run for reelection — is viewed as competitive.

He had not received a fair trial, he said; he would have continued to contest the charges had he not run out of resources and the will to subject his family to what he described as further pain.

Now 42, Dutton contested his first election as a 19 year - old, running against state Labor Deputy Leader Tom Burns in his safe seat of Lytton at the 1989 election that brought the Goss government to office.

The CLP candidate is senior Probation and Parole Officer Kim Loveday, while in this traditionally green electorate, NT Environment Centre Director Dr Stuart Blanch will complicate the contest by running as an Independent.

Teachout is one of a handful of area politicians who are hoping that the energy of Sanders «political revolution» will reverberate over time and down the ballot as grass roots groups that formed to support the Vermont senator's unexpectedly strong primary run turn their attention to local political contests — and the machinery of the Democratic Party itself.

Political campaigns have become more people - centric, he said, which means candidates once defeated in early nominating contests, or fail to meet party muster, are pushing the contests out to November, running in different party lines or as independents.

As far as I'm aware national equivalent votes are not a straight sum of the votes in contested seats, but a projection based on seats with all three main parties running, so this is not a direct comparisoAs far as I'm aware national equivalent votes are not a straight sum of the votes in contested seats, but a projection based on seats with all three main parties running, so this is not a direct comparisoas I'm aware national equivalent votes are not a straight sum of the votes in contested seats, but a projection based on seats with all three main parties running, so this is not a direct comparison.

If he sticks to his promise not to contest the 2020 election as Tory leader, he must step down by mid 2018 at the latest to allow his successor a decent run up to the polls.

ALBANY — Fresh off an announcement that jolted the New York political world, Steve Levy, the Long Island Democrat who abandoned his party to run for governor as a Republican, is working to secure endorsements as he tries to gain an edge in the contest for the nomination.

A total of 127 candidates contested the election for 17 different political parties, with another five running as independents.

Nana Addo's decision to contest will not come as a surprise to many since there had been media reports hinting that he would run again.