Sentences with phrase «to run against someone»

But voters had no choice; there was no credible candidate running against him.

Open seats present opportunities for people that would rather not run against someone that's won before.

One of the cool features of the Time Trials is that you match yourself against the fastest times posted online and also run against the leader's ghost car.

After you have a «top performer», run it against new creative to improve your advertisement continuously.

And now, one of his biggest potential rivals is thinking about running against him in the next mayoral election.

If you are running against someone, now is the time to contact the people in your election district so they know to vote on election day.

Thus, like active funds, factor performance should be evaluated in the long run against a market - capitalization - weighted benchmark.

A very clear message was sent to politicians: you can't win by running against women's health.

For almost all of my life, up until about a year ago I was always running against time.

Remember last season, although we won against more modest teams, most of them still had a good run against us.

But they had established their times for the race while running against a different class of competition than they were facing on this particular day.

She looks back on it as a pivotal moment in her career because running against the best in the world gave her the momentum to move forward.

For someone always running against the clock, it's great to have a high quality service that can always fit into my schedule.

I have taken a number of shots in this race from the men running against me, and I accept that as par for the course in a political campaign.

Sometimes forgotten is that all four town - board candidates really run against each other.

Interestingly, public sector labour productivity has risen — a move which runs against long - term trends.

At one point, she told us we would be doing six 20 - second runs against resistance with one - minute rest periods.

Even if I don't win in some cases, I just like running against heavier competition.

But targeting a specific platform runs against the grain of current trends in web development, where we try to make one design fit many contexts.

But political observers and stakeholders said the borough's role in the race will largely depend on who ultimately runs against the mayor.

So as you're pointing out, once real money is involved, and the trades start running against you, it is not easy to sit on your hands and remain calm....

It's an appealing therapeutic approach, but the facts run against it.

«I treated it as a real race, even though I am basically running against myself,» he said.

These images of rapid motion and change run against stability and security.

The new map, however, suggests that the lower gravity is not solely due to these buried channels, because it shows some features running against the downhill slope of water.

Almost everything that we do in our life always seems to involve running against time.

Secondly, they have to be running against separate Republican and Democratic opponents.

What should she do when her private beliefs run against her public persona?

As it was, they were constantly dealing with shorts running against them, with the pain of increase, cover some, go flat.

Because they frequently run against the current political and economic tide, the knee - jerk reaction may be to reject them.

And running against conventional wisdom, I do not see that as an entirely bad thing.

25 % think they would vote against the incumbent governor, and 15 % say it depends on who runs against him.

Could you support a leader who will not run against the person most of the party membership want?

And it's even less the ticket when running against an incumbent.

In a jungle primary, ALL candidates run against each other in a «primary,» and if any candidate wins 51 %, they are elected.

It is hard for them to compete in the long run against that.

I've been running against time lately and it's been quite hectic.

For a long time it has felt as though the currents of history were always running against us.

That's attracting, obviously, candidates who are interested in running against Cuomo,» Cox said.

The campaign referenced a Buffalo News article in which Hoyt admitted to gauging McMurray's interest in running against Republican state Senator Chris Jacobs this fall, instead of taking on GOP Congressman Chris Collins in New York's 27th District.

It's not fair for Mount Vernon taxpayers to have to pay any bill related to the more than $ 60 million agreement since the city already has its share of affordable housing, said Dorothy Fiorillo, a Republican running against Democratic incumbent Lyndon Williams.

Colleen Deacon, a Democrat running against Rep. John Katko (R - Camillus) in the 24th Congressional District, called on Katko to voice his opinion.

Rehberg is a former lieutenant governor, but he also has the option of running against Sen. Jon Tester (D - Mont.)