Sentences with phrase «tight races where»

But this year, the party can not afford to execute a robust voter turnout program, which could make a difference in tight races where Democrats hold a financial and organizational advantage.

Marisol Alcantara, the handpicked successor of state Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who won the primary for Rangel's old seat, won a tight race where she got 693 more votes than Jackson, who was in third place, and 572 more votes than second - place Micah Lasher, chief of staff to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

Not exact matches

In rural ridings where NDP candidates were elected in tight races, the low 20 percent threshold in Ms. Aheer's Bill 206 would equal almost the same amount of votes received by Wildrose candidates in the recent election.

As opposed to the half - mile Martinsville bullring where the tight confines make contact inevitable and easy for drivers to use force to pass competitors, the 1.5 - mile track about 45 minutes outside of Dallas doesn't lend itself to similar kind of full - contact racing.

In our initial analysis of Indiana Senate races, we find just five races that have the potential to flip to the Democrats: The open SD26 being vacated by State Sen. Doug Eckerty in the Muncie / Anderson area; SD 29 in the Indianapolis / Carmel area where State Sen. Mike Delph just won a spirited primary; SD38 in the Terre Haute / Brazil area that went to the GOP four years ago; and the twin SDs 45 and 46 in the Jeffersonville / Clark County area where Sens. Ron Grooms and Jim Smith both won tight races in 2014.

One of the tighter City Council races is wrapping up in District 32, where incumbent Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Rockaway Beach) is working to protect his seat from Democratic challenger Frank Gulluscio.

I therefore decided to start going back to constituencies where my previous surveys have suggested tight races to see whether narrowing national polls — including a fair number of Conservative leads — were being reflected where it matters (more...)

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.

The tightest two - candidate race of the night came in the battle for Town Justice, where candidate Brian Hughes led Republican William Goggins by 180 votes, according to BOE numbers too close to call Tuesday night.

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.

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.

The tightest race is probably in the 7th district, centered in Mineola, where Republican Elaine Phillips is battling Democrat Adam Haber for an open seat.

Pennsylvania will play a key role in the midterm elections, where a tight Senate race is currently underway.

A tight race is winding down in the 143rd Assembly District where two candidates are vying for the seat once held by Dennis Gabryszak.

Still, there were some signs that Democrats might manage to pick up a seat in Buffalo, where Marc C. Panepinto, a personal injury lawyer, was leading in a tight race with the incumbent, Senator Mark J. Grisanti, who is running on the Independence Party line, and Kevin T. Stocker, a lawyer who won the Republican primary in September.

Lord Ashcroft released another batch of his own constituency polling mid-week, this time returning to some Con - v - Lab marginal seats where he had previously found tight races.

It cuts back and forth in time; it draws parallels between different modes of prejudice and abuse; it pictures external events (the 1936 Olympics where Louie ran in the 5000 - meter race and apparently spotted and admired Jesse Owens [Bangalie Keita] from across the track); and it also imagines Louie's elusive interior life, not in letters home read aloud or even earnest discussions with other prisoners, but instead, and more shrewdly, in repeated tight frames on his face.

It has been engineered using data from Cyan Racing's exploits in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), where the team is currently embroiled in a tight title fight.

At times, though, you are aware of its size, particularly on narrow roads and also in very tight, very slow, second - gear sections of race track, where you find yourself hauling it from one apex to another.

Rolling beaches, lush jungles, and desert dunes are all included and almost all of them are a pleasure to race on, mixing nice wide areas where you can just hold the throttle with tighter, trickier areas.

Turn one was terrifying as cars jostled for position in the tight corner and I struggled to find any grip.The improved handling let me feel far more subtle movements in the car, and thus began a 15 - lap race where I was constantly on the ragged edge, kissing barriers with wheels as I went, sliding, spinning and laughing.

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

Racing games, especially in this goofy style should be focused on a tight user experience where you can master the tracks instead of just getting thrown into a different track every time.

Overall the gameplay is solid and the races are tight, but it's everything that surrounds these races where things start to become banal and, in some cases, cringeworthy.

Then, the next race will be set on a more technical course where passing an opponent in a tight corner means the difference between winning and losing.

No matter where you race, the grand prix races escalate the same way: Tighter corners, faster cars.