Sentences with phrase «succeeded in scrambling»

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The Liberal Democrat leadership campaign last night moved into overdrive as frontrunners in the scramble to succeed Paddy Ashdown discreetly accused each other of fabricating claims to be edging into the lead in the final lap.

Erie County Legislator Patrick Burke is emerging as front - runner among four Democrats scrambling to succeed Michael Kearns, who was recently elected to the Assembly, as county clerk in a special election early next year.

NEW YORK — The scramble to succeed disgraced former New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — and assume one of the most prominent prosecutorial roles in national Democratic circles — is roiling New York's election - year politics.

There's not much time before November, so there's sure to be a mad scramble by candidates interested in succeeding Squadron in Albany.

The move sets in motion not only the ouster of the second - longest - tenured speaker in state history, but also a short - term, intense scramble to succeed Silver.

With just months to go until the nation's overhauled K - 12 law goes into effect, state policymakers are still scrambling to firm up the infrastructure for their education systems, under the new blueprint laid out in the Every Student Succeeds Act.