Sentences with phrase «run close race»

[6] He had a run close race for the Westchester County Board of Legislators in 2011, which went to a recount.

Wilson, who ran a close race for comptroller in 2010, had told party leaders that he would put $ 10 million of his own money into the race.

In the last election, Cohen ran a close race against Oppenheimer, winning the endorsement of the New York Times — not exactly a conservative bastion — in part because Oppenheimer had «too little to show for her years in Albany,» an editorial in the newspaper commented.

One of the protesters was 18 - year old Austin Harig, of South Buffalo, who ran a close race last May for Paladino's Park District seat.

Despite being retested (due to a changing of model grade), the pair still ran a close race — a trend echoed by the Kluger.

If you are running a close race with another resume writer for a client's business, the skills, training, and credentials you have can put you a nose ahead, but you still have to run the overall race like a winner.

Not exact matches

Because IRL races are run on oval tracks, with grandstands in close proximity, kiting could be disastrous.

In the early stages of the 2006 GP2 season, it looked like Hamilton was streaking to the title, but some bad races and a strong run of form from Nelson Piquet Jr closed things right up.

However the win came under a bit of a shadow as many suspected the team of heavily sandbagging in the run - up to the race in order to avoid being slowed down by the balance of performance (BOP) adjustments which are in place to keep the GT category close.

The 1985 San Marino Grand Prix had a bizarre and dramatic ending when most of the drivers left in the race at that point ran out of fuel in the closing laps.

The 1992 British Touring Car Championship was an incredibly close run thing, and come the final race of the season at Silverstone three drivers were in with a chance of taking the title: Will Hoy, Tim Harvey, and John Cleland.

«If the horse had run a good fourth and had been closing on his field, it would have been one thing,» he said gloomily back at the barn after the race.

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«He's no different than any other race car driver, he's has had run - ins, but they haven't been as notable because they weren't as close to the front,» Keselowski said.

The Nascar Truck series race at Charlotte in 2015 featured this incredible wheel - banging run to the line between winner Kasey Kahne and Erik Jones, it really couldn't get much closer between them at the chequered flag.

A close run to the chequered flag is clearly one of the most exciting ways for a race to be decided and oval racing lends itself to this perfectly.

Obviously Liverpool are on a great run themselves in the League and are closing in on Man United and Arsenal in the race for the Top Four, but with the confidence Arsenal have shown in their efforts to defend their trophy means we could be in for a classic feast at Wembley in May whoever our opponents are in the Final!

With qualifying being such a close run thing, the race should be an absolute corker with all three top teams seemingly very close on pace.

The race for the other Top Four spots in now getting closer with just 4 points separating Man United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal and Burnley, but after Arsenal's tight game at the Etihad and the demolition of Tottenham the Gunners look well placed to go on another winning run to try and close the gap with Pep Guardiola's side.

Hamilton's massive qualifying pace makes it look like he'll run away and hide in the race tomorrow, but Ferrari and Red Bull are generally much closer to the Mercs in terms of race pace, which should hopefully mean it's a closer run thing than it was in qualifying.

Nijel Amos retained his 800m Diamond Race title but he didn't enjoy victory on the night as Poland's world silver medallist Adam Kszczot ran another well - judged race, making Olympic silver medallist Amos go the long way around in the closing staRace title but he didn't enjoy victory on the night as Poland's world silver medallist Adam Kszczot ran another well - judged race, making Olympic silver medallist Amos go the long way around in the closing starace, making Olympic silver medallist Amos go the long way around in the closing stages.

Liverpool ran Manchester City close in last season's title race and looked set to take the trophy before a 2 - 0 defeat at Chelsea in April opened the door for Manuel Pellegrini's side.

It also shows Paladino a lot closer to Cuomo than even the Rasmussen poll earlier this week that pegged the race at 54 - 38, again without Lazio in the running.

The race had been expected to be a straight fight between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives — but James's quiet perseverance and assured campaigning struck a chord, running the Lib Dems close and pushing the Tories into a low third.

Because incumbent Bill Owens (D) did not run for re-election, many predicted a close race between Republican, Conservative and Independence Party candidate Elise Stefanik and Democratic and Working Families Party candidate Aaron Woolf.

While the lack of LGBTQ women in Congress is inextricably linked to the dearth of women on Capitol Hill, the story of lesbian candidates includes some close calls, quixotic races, and a movement still evolving to position more qualified LGBTQ women to run for higher office.

But fewer than half think the governor is doing a good job in office, and, if the state's Working Families Party follows through on threats to run a progressive leaning candidate on a third party line, Siena's Steve Greenberg says the race becomes much closer, to just a 15 point lead for Cuomo.

Now that her own 2010 challenge is safely behind her, Rep. Carolyn Maloney is working overtime to help her fellow NY House members who are, in her own words, «running in races that are too - close - to - call.»

«I know Mayor de Blasio's got a big city to run, but it doesn't seem he paid totally close attention to the Arkansas Senate race or the issues Sen. Pryor ran on,» said a top Democratic strategist in Arkansas.

But no one can spin that as a good total for a national conservative icon who raised close to $ 2 million for his 2009 run, eventually pushing GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava out of the race.

Congressional candidate Nan Hayworth has beat out Rep. John Hall to run on the Independence Party ballot line in November, giving the Republican challenger a voting column that could prove critical in a close race.

But other lines seem to be preparing for a loss such as «We gave them a real run for their money» while others imply the race will be «too close to call» and asking about how many absentee ballots there are.

Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.

«I ran this race to win, and unfortunately, without the support of the Party and with a crowded field, I believe my path to victory has essentially closed,» Maxwell said in a press release.

A close - run thing David Cameron ditched his usual suits in favour of a more «athletic» look, to race children for the Sports Relief mile.

He did not give a timetable for a possible closing, but several horsemen said racing could be halted June 6 — a day after the Belmont is run without any star power since Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and Preakness winner Lookin At Lucky are bypassing the final leg of the Triple Crown.

West Virginia (D): Beyond the recent spats over «hicky» ads, pink marble driveways and Second - Amendment remedies to cap - and - trade legislation, this race remains close for one main reason: Gov. Joe Manchin (D), while popular among voters, is running in a state where President Obama and national Democrats remain deeply unpopular.

These are some of the Democrats already moving: Mr. Kaminsky, a former prosecutor who is rumored to be eyeing a run for Mr. Skelos» Senate seat; Mr. Kavanagh, the leader of the reform caucus that emerged during the speaker's race; Mr. Perry, the chairman of the powerful Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus; Mr. Mosley, who took on his seat from now - Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and almost got the Caucus nod Mr. Perry did; Marcos Crespo, new Bronx Democratic chairman and close friend of Mr. Heastie; Mr. Blake, a former Obama staffer from the resurgent Bronx; and Ms. Rozic, who at the time of her election was the youngest woman ever elected to the Assembly.

Deborah Ross, a former North Carolina state legislator, has run a surprisingly close race against Republican incumbent Sen. Richard M. Burr.

The district covers portions of Monroe and Ontario Counties and was previously held by longtime State Senator Jim Alesi, a Republican, until he decided not to run again and O'Brien won a close race two years ago against Sean Hanna.

But Cahill, who's been as close as 16 points behind, compared to the race for governor and state comptroller where the margins are much wider, says he hopes to benefit on Election Day from congressional and state Senate races where other GOP candidates are running strongly.

A running mate might make a difference in a very close race, just maybe, said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.

John Catsimatidis already ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2013, and a source close to the grocery store magnate said that, while Catsimatidis has not made any decisions yet, he might have another race in him.

Democrat Nick Krupski won the first seat on the Board of Trustees by nearly 800 votes and, in the tightest race of the night, incumbent Republican Dave Bergen leads for the second seat by just five votes over running mate Glenn Goldsmith in another race too close to call.

«This write in candidate who claims to be running on campaign finance reform took close to half of his contributions from lawyers and was the only candidate not considered qualified by the New York Bar Association in the race he lost for DA last month in Brooklyn, where he lives,» the campaign said.

In last year's election cycle Americans had to wait until the closing days of the campaign before Democrats running for office in states like Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, and North Carolina began the usual left - wing race baiting.

In one of the closest Senate races in the nation, Democratic Wisconsin Rep. Tammy Baldwin is running against Republican Tommy Thompson, the state's former governor, to take the retiring Sen. Herb Kohl's seat in the Senate.

At least one of those close races includes Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the 19th congressional district battleground who ran against Cuomo in a Democratic primary in 2014.

So, by some form of voting system — I think it's closer to propawtional representation than furs past the post — the politicians get their constituents to vote online for their canine running mates, and then they have to do the «Doggy Dash» where they are forcibly raced through one of two narrow tubes.

While not close to the 65 Queens candidates who ran for Council when the entire delegation was term limited, we see real races shaping up in a handful of seats where no incumbent is standing for election and one challenge to an incumbent that is certainly worth focus and ink.