Sentences with phrase «vote margin»

Bonds received the most votes but fell short of receiving a 60 percent vote margin required for an endorsement under the club's rules.

By contrast, 2016 gives us the closest vote margins we've seen.

Johnson was re-elected to her second term by a wide vote margin in April and was the park board's first female president.

In what is pretty much just a formality, given the overwhelmingly 3,000 + vote margin of victory of his Democratic opponent, former NYC Councilman Tony Avella, soon - to - be-former veteran GOP Sen. Frank Padavan just released an official concession statement.

Well, even if the popular vote margin matters for political discourse and optics, presumably what matters for those purposes is not the exact difference in popular vote count, but merely the margin measured in percentage points.

In the race for the local multi-county Supreme Court judgeship, local attorney Julian Schreibman came out of Ulster County on election night with a 7000 - vote margin over Colonie town justice Peter Crummey.

Voters thought otherwise, giving the Hasbrouck Avenue professional pianist a comfortable 60 - vote margin on November 7.

Hawkins believes that campaigning on major progressive issues like the $ 15 minimum wage, a ban on hydraulic fracturing and free college tuition forced Cuomo to the left in search of larger vote margins to tout to boost his rumored presidential bid.

Paladino widened his 107 - vote margin from last week's election by picking up 89 absentee ballots while Hutch Tech senior Austin Harig got 64.

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed labor legislation with safe voting margins even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

Democratic candidate Roy Cooper has claimed victory in this race, but as of Friday morning Republican Pat McCrory had not conceded and the result had not been officially recognized; with a 5,000 vote margin out of 4.7 million votes cast, the Associated Press reported it could be late next week before the winner is officially known.

Of the 711 that were sent out, more than 500 had been returned as of Wednesday; a figure that is well outside the current razor thin vote margin.

And the New York Times reported that Sanders» statewide victories have been «fueled by his large vote margins among independents,» who may be restricted from voting in closed primaries.

Sure, it's not officially a landslide, nor is necessarily going to be a 19 - vote margin when ballots ballots in Albany and Montgomery counties open their final ballots, but the Working Families Party is still framing it that way.

His 296 - vote lead there, however, was smaller than the 328 - vote margin Sheehan enjoyed in her own 8th Ward where she lives.

Earlier in 2004, the labor - backed Working Families Party endorsed Spano over his Democratic challenger, then - Westchester County Legislator Andrea Stewart - Cousins, providing him with the razor - think 18 - vote margin necessary to win re-election.

That 1,319 - vote margin wiped away his narrow loss in the Bronx.

Both Cuomo and his running mate, Kathy Hochul, secured high vote margins in their geographic bases: western New York and New York City and its suburbs.

In 2010, however, DiNapoli's race was by far the closest statewide race, with 115,000 of his 200,000 vote margin coming from the Bronx.

«I pledge to continue in the Senate with the same dedication and energy that I have shown in representing the people of the 87th Assembly District, who have returned me to office with overwhelming voting margins for three terms,» said Sepulveda.

If the first recount shows Buchanan and Jennings separated by less than a quarter percent (entirely possible given the 386 - vote margin currently), an automatic hand recount would be triggered.

The final choice was whittled down to four paintings, with only the slenderest voting margin between them.

The following figure tracks the authors of single vote margin split decisions (4 - 3 splits during the 2015 term) since the 2010 term.

Both Ferrance's and DiCeglie's counties flipped from their 2012 vote margins in favor of President Barack Obama by more than 31,000 votes to favor Trump.

Additionally most of Labour's overall popular vote margin can be accounted for as being the votes not polled by the Conservatives's Ulster Unionist allies in the four constituencies (all safe UUP seats) in which they were unopposed — the UUP would poll 166,400 votes in these four constituencies four years later.

There, Clement's unofficial six - vote margin over Gallo gives him only the slightest advantage.

Why was a REPUB seated with a much smaller vote margin?

Schmidt was elected in 2015 with 68.9 percent of the vote and his crushing 11,205 vote margin of victory, the largest in any district in that election, earned him the nickname «Hurricane Marlin.»

In an act of raw judicial power, and by a one - vote margin, the California Supreme Court has declared that there is, in California law, a constitutional right for same - sex couples to enter into what the state will recognize as marriage.

The vast majority of electoral races are foregone conclusions: Only 90 of the 435 congressional districts up for election in 2014 were considered «competitive,» and even these were decided by a vote margin up to 5 percent.

By a two - vote margin, the 30 members of FINA's executive committee voted to forget it.

Republicans are challenging the 41 - vote margin of victory in court, ensuring the race's outcome remains in limbo for several more weeks.

Communications Minister Dr. Edward Omane Bomah says President Mahama will increase his vote margin astronomically in the northern region compared to what he got in the 2012 elections.

In the wake of an appellate court decision, Spa City's charter change advocates are once again trying to get their hands on electronic images of ballots cast in November's charter referendum that was defeated by a narrow 10 - vote margin.

- to wit, if all states were allocating electors proportionally, Clinton not only would have still lost under the existing 2 % popular vote margin in her favor, but, would need over 5 % national popular vote margin to win under a new system - while only needing 3 % margin to win under existing non-proportional elector allocation.

Saland ultimately retained the GOP line with a 42 - vote margin.

Cannon described Colorado as a state where Democrats had the best chances of flipping the legislature — where President Obama did well in 2008, Democrats held the Senate by five votes, and Republicans held the House by just a one - vote margin.

That's because the New York Democrat's previous battles have been plentiful and perilous: ethics violations, House censure, and a 1,086 - vote margin in last cycle's primary.

Prior to the election, the democrats held the Senate by five votes and the House by an eight - vote margin.

This is a fairly rational position as that 802 - vote margin will be a very tall order for Mr. Espaillat to make up.

After passing by a wide margin in the State Assembly, the bill was defeated by an eight - vote margin in the Senate despite a vigorous lobbying effort spearheaded by the Empire State Pride Agenda.

This is theoretically achievable by winning with a one - vote margin the states with the highest ratio of electoral votes per capita.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - City Councilor Jake Barrett held on by a 38 - vote margin to win re-election to his 1st Council District seat representing Syracuse's North Side, elections commissioners said today.

I won last time by a seven - vote margin,» Hynes said.

The hotly contested race for Gardiner town supervisor looks to be in for a photo finish, with incumbent Marybeth Majestic hanging onto her seat by a 21 - vote margin.

Her son also said her vote margin was the widest in history, which he attributes to her performance on the bench.

Republicans said that Democrats, who control the budget committee by a one - vote margin, simply did not have the votes to pass the budget and should not be blaming them as scapegoats.

He joked that his 6,745 - vote margin was a «landslide,» but also argued it was the result of a brutal honesty about how he planned to close the budget deficit.

While all Republican Senators voted against the Dream Act, the vote margin on Monday was razor - thin, 30 - 29.