Sentences with phrase «tight race for»

Moore won a tight race for the firm's managing partner crown earlier this week, edging aside Asia managing partner Marc Harvey and litigation head Michael Bennett to be selected by the partnership board to succeed incumbent Simon Davies.

That weekend sum would put the space epic in a tight race for No. 1 with a remake of the horror classic «Carrie,» which is set to open at around $ 33 million.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Democratic Party's national leadership is taking an active role in the tight race for Syracuse mayor, steering money, time and resources toward the Democratic candidate this week.

Dan Maffei and Ann Marie Buerkle are in a tight race for the 24th Congressional district.

Republican incumbent Mary Beth Maio ended just ahead in tight race for District 10 with her Democratic opponent Gerard Lyons.

But the 18 - year - old opponent created a tight race for the powerful businessman.

In the tight race for the last of six City Council seats, Democrat Marsha Silverman gained three votes over Republican Matthew Connolly and, according to the new count, beat him 2,426 votes to 2,403.

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

CNN just announced that Romney's taken Nevada: With 10 % of the results in, Romney had about 48 % of the vote while Rep. Ron Paul and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich were in a tight race for second with 21 % and 20 % of the vote, re... Read

The Democratic Party's national leadership is taking an active role in the tight race for Syracuse mayor, steering money, time and resources toward the Democratic candidate, Juanita Perez Williams, this week.

Democrat Elliott Auerbach, the incumbent county comptroller, may draw the ire of his party over a contribution to the challenger who beat out a Democratic candidate in a tight race for Ulster County Legislature last November.

Business Scott Murphy (D)(left) and Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R) find themselves in a tight race for the NY - 20 seat going into the final week of campaigning.

It is a very tight race for high stakes, which the also - rans may well decide.

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

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.

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

Republican John Venditto is in a tight race for Oyster Bay town supervisor with his Democratic challenger.

The mayor and Mr. Heastie, whose political relationship dates back to Mr. de Blasio's tight race for public advocate in 2009, have not always seen eye to eye.

Former President Bill Clinton says polls may show a tight race for governor in Connecticut.

They are toying with the hope of coming first and say it will be a tight race for second, if that's where they come.

But Mateo, Matías, and Sebastián followed close behind in a tight race for the top positions.

Maya Gilardi: The Davis senior outside hitter posted 24 kills in a 3 - 2 win over Delta League rival St. Francis vaulted Davis into a tight race for the league volleyball title.

In 1971, when former Chicago Cubs outfielder George Altman was locked in a tight race for the Pacific League batting title with Lotte Orions teammate Shinichi Eto, opponents blatantly pitched around Altman while throwing strikes to Eto.

So Arsenal are still the side that he would prefer to win this tight race for the EPL trophy and although the England international midfielder is set to spend the whole season with the Cherries, at least, he will soon get the chance to help the Gunners in our attempt to catch and overhaul the teams above us in the table.

So with both clubs embroiled with Leicester and Man City in a very real and tight race for the Premier League title, this is being billed as one of the biggest clashes with the spuds ever.

Now he's back and polls show him in a tight race for comptroller, the elected chief financial officer and auditor of the nation's largest city.

With just a quintet of games remaining in the Championship regular season, it's one of the tightest races for promotion ever.

While SurveyUSA and Quinnipiac show surprisingly tight races for Andrew Cuomo and Kirsten Gillibrand, a new Siena poll out this morning has each up by comfortable margins — Cuomo leads Carl Paladino by 33 points, while Gillibrand leads Joe DioGuardi by 31 points.

Not exact matches

Polls show the race is tight and that the large «Together for Yes» block formed by pro-independence parties from the rest of political spectrum will need support from the smaller CUP to secure a 68 - seat majority in Catalonia's 135 - seat parliament.

Polls ahead of the referendum had shown a tight race, but a projection for SRF public television showed the initiative failing by a clear margin of 55 % to 45 %.

Lamb and Saccone are locked in a tight race that has prompted Republicans to fear they'll lose a seat in a district that went heavily for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Former economy minister Emmanuel Macron launched his bid for the presidency on Wednesday, a move likely to take votes from mainstream candidates in a tight race that promises a strong turnout for Le Pen.

Finally, non-executive chairman was our tightest race, with Jim Skinner, Jim Sinegal, and Sam Palmisano in a battle for first the entire time.

(The race, in fact, became that much tighter in April, when Bristol announced that it would not seek FDA approval for nivolumab until late this year.)

In a consolation for Democrats, Jeanne Shaheen won re-election over Republican Scott Brown in New Hampshire in what polls had forecast as a tight race.

Teams are taking points off each other so it is going to be tight all the way through and it is important to keep ourselves in the race for this busy time and into the New Year and it was a good way to start ahead of December.

Last year several teams took penalties for using too many components, something that looks even more likely this year with the tighter restrictions and an extra race.

The Calder Trophy race for the top rookie was much tighter than Auston Matthews» -2000 odds suggest.

Growing up in Las Vegas racing at The Bullring, a tight.375 - mile oval, Busch developed a reputation for muscling competitors out of the way.

Add to that the need for the Gunners to quickly put the Monaco nightmare behind us and the fact that the race for the top four is tougher and tighter than ever and you have a recipe for Arsenal to go on the attack right?

Anyway the race for the top 4 places is tight and although we have a bit of a breather, we must keep our focus after the break and keep on the good run.

It's only slightly less troubling when the quarterback doing the kicking is one of the league's best offensive generals, capable of putting a middling roster on his back when the race for the playoffs gets tight.

Its tight in the race for a top four place, so we have got to dig deep against leicester city and get that all important 3 priceless points!

The tight, twisty and dusty track meant that pitting for new tyres would be the quickest way to complete the race and during this phase Senna got back in the lead.

The first couple of races have definitely indicated we're in for a tight battle this season between Mercedes and Ferrari.

Carolina's victory allowed the team to stay ahead in a tight wild card race and pull even with the Saints for the NFC South lead.

If we focus too much on the FA cup, with a Champions League double - header with Monaco coming up and with the race for the top four of the Premier League looking tighter than ever, it might cost us.

In a tight AL East race, the Red Sox and Yankees both won and New York remains three games behind the former for the division.

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.

Both Busch and Gronkowski are Monster Energy endorsers, and with the Daytona 500 representing the energy drink company's first race as entitlement sponsor for NASCAR's top division, the Cup Series, Monster executives brought the New England Patriots tight end to Daytona as part of its marketing activation.