Sentences with phrase «tighter races by»

Incumbent Republicans in four more states — Georgia, Iowa, New Mexico and South Carolina — appear more secure, but could end up in tighter races by Election Day.

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 %.

Mark Carney was cast as the perfect alternative to Justin Trudeau by a tight network of Liberals who pulled out all the stops last summer to attract the Bank of Canada governor into the Liberal leadership race.

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.

The AP called the tight race a few minutes later, and the pain was instead felt by Newman and the likes of the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Emily's List, and Gloria Steinem — all of whom had endorsed Newman and together poured millions into this rare effort to oust a veteran incumbent from a safe seat.

After Cincinnati upset Cleveland, the NFL's toughest division had the tightest race, the Browns leading their three AFC rivals by a game

The rough - and - tumble race saw several notables involved in incidents brought about by Martinsville's tight confines.

In a title race as tight as this one, the destination of the trophy is likely to be decided by small details.

However in in 1996, mid-way through their second season, money was tight and they were bought out by an Irish company known as Shannon Racing.

Given the many tight corners on the circuit it was a reasonably, clean race - well, apart from a four - car pile - up caused by a lunging Lopez at half - distance, although all four cars got going again.

The American League wild - card race was tighter than Spandex, with five teams separated by only three games: Texas, New York, Seattle, Milwaukee and Kansas City.

Ayrton Senna had led the entire race but was tight on fuel after being pushed hard by teammate Alain Prost earlier in the race.

A special election being held next could add Chris McGrath, but he is locked in a tight race with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky for the district formerly led by disgraced former Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

Both groups spent heavily in last year's tight Senate race that was ultimately won by Democratic Sen. Cecilia Tkaczyk.

If Dems can turn the national narrative around even by a small amount, margins will be close enough that their data - driven campaigning can swing some tight races.

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.

D'Amato founded Park Strategies in 1999 — the year after he was ousted by Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer in a tight race.

But most field organizers I've spoken with over the years talk about even the best grassroots outreach being good for maybe two or three percentage points, enough to win a tight race but not enough to close the gap if the fundamentals put you behind by a whole lot more.

Ms. Crowley is locked in a tight three - way race with Assembly members Grace Meng and Rory Lancman — who has also been rolling out some union endorsements of his own for a seat currently held by Congressman Gary Ackerman, who is retiring.

After a tight race in 2012, defeating his opponent by 2 points, he easily toppled former state Speaker Andrew Romanoff by 9 points last fall.

The money then went to two Democratic candidates in tight Senate races, Terry Gipson and Justin Wagner, who would have been barred by state election law from collecting such large sums directly.

A poll of the same size commissioned by Buerkle's campaign in April also found a tight race, with Buerkle holding onto a four percentage point lead over Maffei.

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.

In the tightest of Tuesday's Common Council races, Ward 9, incumbent Republican Deborah Brown led Democratic challenger Lynn Johnson by just 13 votes — 338 to 325.

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.

For example, while the Q poll and SurveyUSA showed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a surprisingly tight race with her GOP / Conservative challenger, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, Siena found DioGuardi has failed to gain any post-primary momentum and trails her by 26 percentage points (57 - 31 with 12 percent undecided).

Republican support for Green Party candidates in tight races with Democrats is nothing new, especially when there was meddling in the 2000 race by GOP operatives to push Ralph Nader on to the ballot.

Martins, the former mayor of Mineola, was first elected in 2010 when he defeated Democratic Sen. Craig Johnson in a very tight race (a 451 - vote margin), and then re-elected in 2012 by 4,452 votes.

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.

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.

The Guardian reports: «A former minister and fiction writer, Alvarado Quesada, 38, had 61 % of the vote with results in from 95 % of polling stations, a far bigger lead than predicted by opinion polls that foresaw a tight race.»

A poll released by the Siena Research Institute on the 19th Congressional District was more notable (to me) for its top of the ticket surprise than its tight showing between Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the race to replace WAMC's favorite Republican member of Congress.

Unofficial results indicate Republicans will hold their narrow majority in the county legislature, the call for a constitutional convention fell on deaf ears by a near 6 - 1 margin and races in some towns were extremely tight.

In the tightest race of all, which is also too close to call, incumbent Republican Trustee David Bergen, 60, of Cutchogue leads running mate Glenn Goldsmith, 38, of Mattituck by just five votes for the second seat on the board.

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

«In this district that has seen close races and been represented recently by members of both parties, another tight race is shaping up,» Levy said in a statement.

AD46 Assembly District 46 is represented by Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who won a special election last year and is in a tight race with challenger Kate Cucco to represent residents of southern Brooklyn including Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, and Coney Island.

As regular readers will recall, previous polling of the seat has shown a much tighter race with Lord Ashcroft's last poll in Hallam showing Labour ahead by one.

When America's number one NASCAR speed - demon is issued a direct challenge from a gay, French Formula One racer with a hunger for the top spot and a mean talent for tight - cornering, the race is on to become the number one man in all of NASCAR in a full throttle comedy starring Will Ferrell and directed by Anchorman cohort Adam McKay.

Final numbers are still rolling in, but in a tight three - way race for no. 1 at the U.S. box office, a certain monster hit appears to have won by a (bright red) nose.

A tight race between Greta Gerwig and Martin McDonagh might just be tipped in Gerwig's direction by the fact that her screenplay, based on her own teenage years, is more heartfelt — and also by the fact that the HFPA might owe her one, since she wasn't nominated for Best Director.

Saoirse Ronan Winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: What initially felt like it would be a tight race between McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) has become, essentially, a coin toss between McDormand and Lady Bird's Ronan.

By all accounts this year's Oscar race was among the tightest ever, but when it came to fashion, there were obvious and early runaways.

Dragonfly's characters are stock, its scares are telegraphed (the script by committee mistakes «eye - rolling» for «tight»), and before it's done, it dips into a shocking Mead - era noble savage syndrome complicated by more conventional exploitations of race and illness.

Moving on, if there are pleasant surprises within the nominees, it would most certainly be films like «Beasts of Southern Wild ``, «Moonrise Kingdom» and even by a long shot «The Perks of Being a Wallflower ``,» The Dark Knight Rises ``, however, the race will be very tight and with all of the quality films being released in the upcoming weeks, it all comes down to how many films the Academy will select for Best Picture.

But what it does have is a mix of long straightaways (2,650 - foot front straight, 1,000 - foot back straight), quick sweepers (including a 20 - degree banked turn), and tight technical sections — an ideal balance of features for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of performance vehicles, especially when the evaluating is being done largely by experienced but by no means race - qualified drivers.

Even without the TracKey's race mapping, the Boss engine is significantly modified over a standard Mustang GT's 5 - litre V8, with a new intake and new camshafts helping lift power from 412bhp to 444bhp, although curiously the torque drops by 10 lb ft to 380 lb ft.. It's the only car in the test with a manual gearbox and it's a really good one, with the pool ball - topped gearlever sitting perfectly in the palm of your hand and movement around the gate feeling tight and precise.

However, several GTLM competitors have received favorable changes which should make the final two races even tighter as the No. 4 Corvette C7.R leads the No. 67 Ford GT by seven points in the Drivers Championship.

It's a concept borrowed from the higher - spec prototype racers that make up the upper echelons of sports car racing, and when restrictions are as tight as they are (the 500 - hp maximum allowed by both the World Endurance Championship and Weather Tech World Series, for example) you're looking for anything to gain an edge.