Sentences with phrase «up to a race seat»

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The White House didn't want to open up Cotton's Arkansas Senate seat after the GOP's shocking loss in the Alabama Senate race and other special elections.

They are only here to watch over us and keep us «Seated» until we grow up enough to join the rest of the human race.

In the congressional race of that year, the Democrats ended up with 290 seats to the Republicans» 145.

He recognises that by achieving his F1 race seat without a manager or a crap - tonne of cash, his rise is in the minority and should provide a source of inspiration for other up - and - coming drivers ready to battle it out in lower formulae.

This was a weekend dedicated to the proposition that the owner of a sports car should turn up in the driver's seat on race day.

It's not just some publicity stunt, though - Billy is keen to pick up where he left off, get straight back on the single - seater ladder and go racing in 2018.

The decision opened up one of the most prized seats in motorsports and ultimately saw Tony Kanaan fill the void with Ryan Briscoe returning to full - time competition in the fourth Ganassi Racing entry.

In 1997 he won a racing scholarship at Suzuka but passed up a fully - paid seat in Japanese F3 to head to Europe.

Single - seaters with canopies are obviously a hot topic in motor racing at the moment and seem to have inspired designers to come up with their own solutions — after all, anything is better than the halo, right?

While there is plenty of Regular Season left to be played, they are now in the driver's seat and completely control their own destiny as the race for the # 1 seed will heat up in coming weeks.

Felipe's race at Interlagos takes place on 10 March, which leaves him plenty of time to fly from Brazil to Australia to take up his Williams seat on 25 March.

He made his way to the CART circuit in 1995, winning rookie of the year honors for Hall Racing, and when Penske had a seat open up for the 2000 season, he gave it to de Ferran, largely because he was impressed with the driver's attention to detail.

Massa wanted to stick around for 2018 as well, but with a million different people queuing up for his seat there next year it seems like the likeable Brazilian has made the decision to jump before he gets pushed - and ahead of his home race in Brazil, as well.

A win would put Juve four points up on Napoli and put them very much in the driver's seat in the scudetto race with 10 games to go.

If United Russia were able to secure just under 50 per cent of the popular vote in the party - list competition, along with the lower estimate of seats in the singe - mandate district races, it would end up with over 270 seats, more than it now holds.

The race for the Manhattan seat Sen. Eric Schneiderman will vacate to pursue his quest for statewide office (attorney general) is heating up, with the senator himself and the first labor union choosing up sides.

The difference is an unusually large one for what was, during the summer, shaping up to be a potentially competitive race to fill the seat left open by the ouster of Republican Tom Libous, who was forced to leave office in July when he was found guilty of lying to the FBI.

California Rep. Darrell Issa became the 30th House Republican to announce he won't seek re-election this fall, and the race for his seat remains a toss - up — for now.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

This data can also test the model that I proposed to determine the voters who will show up in the race to fill George Latimer's senate seat.

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.

This leads up to the frenzied race towards the Democratic race coming in May for the governors» seat.

Senate Republicans in Albany are confident Jacobs will pick up the seat for them in what is expected to be a challenging election environment given the presidential race.

With ballots in the mail - only «jungle» primary set to go out this week and five Democrats battling for a spot in the top two, the pace and intrigue of the open - seat 1st district race have picked up considerably.

They are lining - up to position the race against Eldridge as a campaign of personalities — Gibson, the local war hero from a working family vs. Eldridge, the multi-millionaire outsider trying to buy a Congressional seat.»

Qualifying for the seat wrapped up last week and the field is among the most crowded of any of the state's U.S. House races, according to the Associated Press.

The race is considered one of the most competitive in the country and an opportunity for Democrats to pick up a congressional seat.

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.

More articles have popped up on the internet's role in the Brown / Coakley race, besides the Henri's and mine posted here on Epolitics.com and the earlier link round - up: Update: How Republicans won the Internet Update: G.O.P. Used Energy and Stealth to Win Seat What marketers can learn...

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Republicans have picked up four of the six seats they need for a Senate majority, while Louisiana's hard - fought Senate race is headed to a runoff.

Republican Bob Antonacci moved a step closer Thursday to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

Looming over the race was McLaughlin, who gave up the seat to win election in 2017 as Rensselaer County executive and actively campaigned to make Ashby his successor.

Rep. Steve Pearce on Monday became the first Republican to join the race for governor of New Mexico, opening up the state's 2nd District seat, which Democrats were already planning to target in 2018.

A November election could put GOP favorite Chris Talbot — who's up for re-election to the Southold Town Board this year — on the sidelines in the Assembly race, lest he risk giving up his town seat.

With Anthony Weiner about to pop into the race for mayor, one of his Democratic rivals demanded yesterday that he pony up $ 350,000 for the cost of the election required to fill his hastily vacated congressional seat two years ago.

If the results hold up after the absentee votes are counted, the GOP won't even need the support of veteran legislator John Parete (1038), who appears to have kept his seat running as an independent candidate representing the northwestern part of the county in a tight three - way race with Democratic nominee Kathy Nolan (1018) and Republican Cliff Faintych (748).

«This is an important election year and the more we can come together and rally around the issues that unite us, the better chance we have to gain seats in the U.S. Congress, N.Y. State Senate, and in races up and down the ticket,» Berman said.

Cuomo defeated Astorino in a gubernatorial race in 2014, but the two could lock horns again in 2018 with Cuomo up for re-election and Astorino said to be once again eyeing the seat.

The former state representative filed to run for the seat in June, and at the time said he planned to put up several million dollars of his own money to seed his race.

Located in Downtown Brooklyn, the 44th seat, which is opening up due to the retirement of the longtime incumbent, is home to a short, frenzied primary race among three Democrats.

Next November's race for the seat, which represents Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, is already shaping up to be an interesting one — not just with disgraced former Rep. Michael Grimm stepping back in, but with Army veteran and Purple Heart winner Max Rose raising more funds in the most recent reporting period than all of his competitors combined.

Democrat Adam Haber Thursday launched his campaign for the seat held by state Sen. Jack Martins (R - Mineola), setting up what is expected to be one of the most closely watched races in the state this year as Democrats attempt to wrest control of the State Senate from Republicans.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order proclaiming special elections to be held for the 11 open legislative seats on April 24, and many races are already beginning to heat up.

Capital NY noted this morning that the Republicans are on the offensive and dredging up old convictions not just in this race, but also in the 60th SD (Grisanti's seat), where they are reminding voters that the Democrat who emerged from Tuesday's primary, Marc Panepinto, had his law license suspended for 30 days in 2001 after pleading guilty to falsely saying he witnessed voters sign nominating petitions.

As former Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Barbara Fiala gears up to run for former Sen. Tom Libous's Senate seat, Broome County Republicans are pledging to run a competitive race to hold the Southern Tier seat in GOP hands.

Democrat Adam Haber, who lost a Nassau County executive bid last year, has launched his campaign for the seat held by GOP Sen. Jack Martins, setting up what is expected to be one of the most closely watched races in the state this year.

While not close to the 65 Queens candidates who ran for Council when the entire delegation was term limited, we see real races shaping up in a handful of seats where no incumbent is standing for election and one challenge to an incumbent that is certainly worth focus and ink.

But he seems unlikely to give up a safe House seat for a race against McConnell.

Nocerino, who lives in Forest Hills and heads up the girl's softball league, recently dropped out of the race for Katz's seat due to health concerns.