Sentences with phrase «to be a close race»

Last year was a close race and this year was just as close.

There have even been close races where I was worried I would blow the lead at the last moment due to dropped frames.

Best Picture and Best Director are a close race between Carol and 20th...

Depending on how well Maleficent holds, it could be a close race for first place...

I think it will be a close race with La La Land for Best Picture.

Either way, this should be a close race as New Hampshire has moved strongly in Democrats» direction in recent elections.

«This appears to be a close race at this point,» said Southold Democratic chairman Art Tillman.

Supporters would expect a race to be a landslide for a particular candidate, but polling showed that their challenger is improving in the polls and the election may be a close race after all.

97 % of the current district is made up of residents of Bishop's old district, so it is likely this will be a close race once again, which is why the NRCC has made it a top priority for this election cycle.

But if there's any close races, we'll have to count absentee ballots to finish that up, and that's going to take a couple of weeks.»

A reminder of what is likely to be a close race against incumbent Dan Donovan in the Republican primary this June.

This is the sixth straight year in a row that Plenty of Fish (POF) has won this award but, this year was the closest race yet.

In theory, this should still be a close race: Lady Bird is a best picture nominee; I, Tonya is a surprising best editing nominee; and both movies have gained pop culture traction.

@speakingenglish: based on the critics awards supporting actress is the closest race.

And while the new Camry has indeed proved excellent, at no point was this a close race.

Fuel economy is a close race, but the Elantra Eco beats them all in city driving, particularly the Ford Focus which lags behind at 27 mpg in the city.

Later in the campaign Populus asked Lib Dem supporters in 12 Lab / Con marginal seats how would would vote, bearing in mind that their seat was likely to be a close race between Labour and the Conservatives; in nearly every seat Lib Dem supporters were as likely to vote tactically against Labour as they were against the Conservatives.

Terry Bergeson won re-election to a third term as Washington state's schools chief by a substantial margin in what had been expected to be a close race with Judith Billings, a former state superintendent.

It will be a close race as to who really is the most obsessed with cars here at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Mr. Loken has an incumbent advantage, but it could be a close race.

This is a close race.

It's a close race between pies and chocolate but I think pie may have a little edge.

It was a close race, but we were able to crown the best Bonne Maman flavor of all time.

It was a close race, but Dirk Nowitzki was named Teammate of the Year.

The AFC West is also expected to be a close race.

This could have been a close race, with Trea Turner, Addison Russell, Dansby Swanson, Orlando Arcia, and Trevor Story all scheduled to start at their position before the season started.

It's a close race for Best Actor between Denzel Washington (Fences) and Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea), but I think there's value on Washington (+125) even though Affleck -LRB--175) has consistently remained the favorite.

Philadelphia and Utah fans have both struggled to assign any credit to the other team's player while stumping for their own guy, when in reality this is a close race with deserving arguments to be made for both sides.

It's just not something they expected even though I told them it was going to be a close race,» Assini recalled.

«The combination of these efforts will make all the difference in what will be sure to be a close race.»

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins says the Democratic Senate candidate in the special election in Westchester, Shelley Mayer, won by nearly 20 points in what was expected to be a close race.

We knew it would be a close race, but we had no idea how close.

23:44 - The Liberal Democrats are briefing that it's going to be a close race but they are feeling «cautiously optimistic».

Still, having a second round of the top two plus any other candidate with say 90 % of the vote of the runner up, if no one receives a majority and making a third round consist of only the top two candidates in the second round, isn't necessarily a bad rule if it is a close race between ideologically similar runners up.

It was a close race, but Roraback's efforts could not overcome the wave that ejected New England Republicans across the ballot last fall.

I think it'll be a close race.»

With their race for congress in the newly apportioned seven - county 19th Congressional District approaching what appears to be a close

«We felt comfortable that at least it was going to be a close race.

It was expected to be a close race, but nobody expected a dead heat.

He won with relative ease over Democrat Zephyr Teachout in 2016 in what was expected to be a closer race.

Though not expected to make the run - off, three minor party candidates could be a factor in what's expected to be a close race.

It's going to be a close race.»

Mr. Latimer won 57 % of the vote to Mr. Astorino's 43 % in what many had anticipated to be a close race.

The Kinderhook Republican coasted to re-election in November, handily defeating venture capitalist Sean Eldridge in what observers thought would be a close race.

I think it's a close race, but I feel confident that we'll be winning on election night,» Faso says.