Sentences with phrase «tight race against»

Students who are eyeing to land one are in a tight race against each other.

, who faces a tight race against former Rep. Pat Toomey (R - Pa.)

Mr. Grassley, who is running for re-election this year, is a popular figure among Republicans and independents in Iowa, but many Democrats oppose him — and these are voters Mrs. Clinton is trying to attract in her tight race against Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.

The most recent Quinnipiac and SurveyUSA polls put the incumbent in a tight race against challenger Joe DioGuardi.

GOP candidate Grant Lally sent an e-mail blast Monday announcing that the New York Board of Elections certified him as winner of the tight race against Stephen Labate for New York's 3rd Congressional District Republican nomination — but the declaration came as news to state board of election officials, who said they have no role in certifying the race's results not certified the results.

Also worth noting: Organized labor went all in for DiNapoli in 2010 and helped him in his very tight race against Republican Harry Wilson.

It's the reason polls show him in an extremely tight race against Republican John Raese.

California: Former State Senator Sheila Kuehl (pictured) is in a tight race against Bobby Shriver, a nephew of the late President Kennedy, for the District 3 seat on the powerful Los Angeles County Board.

Dr. Apaak, who is in a tight race against Mr. Azong for the seat as the 2016 polls near, may not care much who rejects his political opponent.

The Harvard law professor, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Scott Brown, has lost ground in recent weeks as she struggles to shake off stories about whether she used her unconfirmed Native American heritage to bolster her academic career.

And Democrats Katie McGinty in Pennsylvania and Gov. Maggie Hassan in New Hampshire are in tight races against incumbents.

Not exact matches

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This season looks like being a tighter title race than usual with as many as six different clubs having the potential to win it, so doing well against those mai8n rivals could be vital.

Arsenal were chasing a goal against Fulham to keep them in the title race, and having already scored a wonderful solo effort, he managed to beat it with this brilliant skill and improvisation to finish from a tight angle.

The Indians lost against the Mariners but the Astros won so the race for best record in the American League remains tight, with Houston only 1.5 games back.

Cruz squared off last week in a GOP presidential debate against New York businessman Donald Trump, who the Texas senator is in an increasingly tight race with for the first - in - the - nation voting in Iowa on Feb. 1.

Republicans look at tight statewide races for governor and Senate as a potential harbinger of a backlash against Democrats that could trickle down to the legislative level.

The tightest town race was for Hurley town supervisor, where when the dust settled Republican candidate for town supervisor John Perry emerged with an unofficial 1104 votes against Democrats Tracy Kellogg's 1102.

«As Hochul faces her first re-election, in a newly drawn district, against Collins, the former Erie County Executive, she finds herself in a race that couldn't get much tighter now and looks like it will remain a barnburner over the course of the next 11 weeks,» said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.

He lost a tight race for Congress against long time Democratic representative, Maurice Hinchey, back in 2010.

Andy Beshear, the governor's son, is fighting for a win in the state's tight race for attorney general against Republican state Sen. Whitney Westerfield.

In a tight race it's to be expected this pair are going to rub up against each other; in fact Foster's jibe is only the tip of a rather acrimonious iceberg.

The race is tighter for Democrat Cuomo when up against Rudy Giuliani.

He lost a tight race for Congress against longtime Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey in 2010, before district lines were redrawn.

Both sides expect this rematch against Democratic former Rep. Pete Gallego to be a nail - biter, although the presidential race looks tighter here than expected given Trump's rhetoric about Latinos, who make up nearly 70 percent of the district.

Alcantara, a longtime labor and community organizer, won a tight 31st Senate District primary race against two experienced political operators: former Councilman Robert Jackson and Micah Lasher, chief of staff for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The race is a little tighter when Cuomo squares off against Rudy Giuliani.

But, when pitted against Rudy Giuliani, the race against Cuomo is tighter, but Cuomo would still beat Giuliani.

In the House, Democrat Rep. Pete Aguilar won a tight race in California's 31st District against Republican Paul Chabot, whom environmental groups described as a climate «denier.»

Racing against the tightest of clocks, Fritz finds himself confounded by Nightmare's multiple masks and messengers.

Features • Sci - Fi action / adventure combines aerial and on - foot combat for a totally unique third - person shooter experience • Will's jetpack delives total freedom of movement allowing players to race against UFOs in high - speed chases and rain death from above onto unsuspecting otherworldly foes • Speed and scale unmatched by any other action title: send Will zipping through tight corridors and then out into immense canyons and futuristic geoscapes • Gravity - defying vertical combat system, where moving up is the only way to bring your enemies down • Seemless transition between jetpack flight, ship - to - ship dog fighting and third - person shoot - «em - up action all exists within the same level — not broken up into different «areas» • Unique grip system that allows the players to scale walls by jumping from surface to surface and hijack UFO's while in mid-air • Huge bosses that require fast reflexes and aerial barnstorming manoeuvres to defeat • Developed by Airtight Studios, a new group featuring team members from the Crimson Skies series of video games

I'll have to wait until I can pit the two against each other to make the call, but it will be a very tight race, indeed.