Sentences with phrase «win over challenger»

On Tuesday night, he shunned a victory party and issued a brief statement instead, congratulating his running mate Kathy Hochul's win over challenger Tim Wu.

Not exact matches

The most notable result from the preliminary card was the bantamweight victory for John Dodson over Pedro Munhoz, a split decision win for the two - time flyweight title challenger.

No weight cut, no Jones hanging over his head, he has never lost at HW... I can not decide who wins but I know for a fact the pressure is not on the challenger this time.

Having been Chelsea's main challengers for most of the season, just two wins in eight games in all competitions has seen them knocked out of the Champions League, and overtaken by Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League, whilst Liverpool's win over Newcastle has brought them right back into the equation.

The Formula 2 feature race at Spa - Francorchamps was won in dominant style by Charles Leclerc, who finished the race with a staggering 26 second lead over his nearest challenger.

Unfazed by an earlier loss to the unbeaten Broncos or by the raging football mania in Denver, Oakland ran over its uppity challenger for an easy 24 - 14 win

There are still another 99 potential points to be won and you never know what will become of the usual title challengers over the course of a campaign.

Day's scorched - earth policy, under which he has won four tour events in his last six starts by a combined 16 strokes over his closest challengers (six each in his last two), enters the season - ending Tour Championship on the strength of the first five - win campaign since 2013.

Millwall bagged a superb 2 - 0 home win over Bristol City on the weekend to keep one of their challengers for a play off spot down while boosting their own chances of getting into the top six.

Homewood - Flossmoor, regarded as the top challenger to defending state champion Regina Dominican, put three players in the top six Wednesday for a whopping 99 - stroke win over runner - up Sandburg (474) in the Stagg regional.

Rep. Scott Peters, D - Calif., won reelection Friday, after a new batch of ballots put him over the edge against Republican challenger Carl DeMaio.

Faced with losing the ballot line to a challenger who tapped into resentment over his estate tax cuts, charter - school championing and failure to deliver campaign finance reform, Governor Andrew Cuomo won the party's designation only after promising to fight for Democratic control of the state Senate and deliver a progressive policy wish list.

Congressman Brian Higgins easily won his re-election bid Tuesday over challenger Mike Madigan.

Collins finally has a Democratic opponent for 2018, and if resumes win votes, she could be a serious challenger: Erin Cole of Lockport, an Army veteran who has worked all over the world as well as in trade development in Washington and Western New York.

In 2014, an unknown challenger to Cuomo, Zephyr Teachout, won over one third of the primary vote.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner won the Democratic Primary Tuesday over challengers Pat Hogan and Alfonso Davis

It came after he and his political advisers concluded over the weekend that he could not win a Republican primary against a conservative challenger, particularly in light of his vote for the president's economic stimulus package.

(CNN)-- Democrats have their first potential challenger to recapture a New York Congressional district that was won over by the GOP for the first time in decades last year.

Teachout, who won one third of the vote, the highest percentage of any challenger in over 40 years of primaries in the state, spoke to excited supporters.

The NRDC is not as concerned, believing the benefits clean energy industries have wrought will win over less progressive challengers.

Syracuse, N.Y. - Mayor Stephanie Miner won the Democratic Party primary Tuesday with about 54 percent of the vote over two challengers to her second term.

Ward 6 — Incumbent Democrat Elisa Ball squeaked out a very narrow win over GOP challenger Joe Corcoran, 288 - 266.

While Cuomo is still expected to win over Republican challenger Rob Astorino, it's possible that the Green Party could win Row C on the ballot, after the Democratic and Republican lines, if Hawkins garners enough votes on Tuesday.

Town Supervisor Scott Russell won handily over Democratic challenger Damon Rallis.

Polls have shown he would win by a large margin over a crowded field of Democratic primary challengers and is far ahead of Paul Massey, a Republican real estate executive who held his first press conference on Tuesday morning.

Freshman Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley) easily won re-election in Suffolk County's 1st Congressional District over Democratic challenger Anna Throne - Holst.

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.

But, gubernatorial challenger Zephyr Teachout won over one third of the vote statewide, and 43 percent of the 16,000 votes in Suffolk County.

RAMAPO — Ramapo Deputy Town Attorney Michael Specht, a Democrat, is the newly elected Ramapo Town Supervisor, winning by a landslide over his Republican challenger Bill Weber on Tuesday.

Republicans are facing rebellions from Mississippi to Arizona that could imperil their grip on Congress, as Roy Moore's win in the Alabama U.S. Senate primary runoff over Trump - backed Luther Strange emboldens populist challengers.

Ragusa appears to have just won re-election as chairman over challenger, and former congressman, Bob Turner, whom Lhota supported.

While nobody knows for certain who will win the 2010 elections, the western Queens races for state Senate are marked by clear leads of the incumbents over their challengers when it comes to raising and spending money.

The seat's previous occupant, former GOP Rep. John McHugh — who left office to serve as President Obama's Secretary of the Army — won re-election in 2008 by nearly 2 - to - 1 over his Democratic challenger.

While nearly half of Palin - backed candidates were victorious, her picks of some GOP primary challengers over establishment - backed candidates who were believed to have a better shot of winning a general election has left a sour taste in the mouths of some in the GOP.

Rangel easily won re-election over a crowded field of challengers that year.

(CNN)-- Sen. John McCain has won the Arizona GOP Senate nomination over challenger J.D. Hayworth, CNN projects.

In the race for Town Council, incumbent Republicans Jill Doherty and William Ruland won by large margins over Democratic challengers Albie de Kerillis and Debra O'Kane.

Massachusetts Democrats recently launched a campaign painting Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown as anti-Fenway Park, in an effort to help challenger Elizabeth Warren capture suburban voters and win over an electorate that sees her as an unlikable liberal outsider.

But public polls that show a third - party challenger to Cuomo winning over 20 percent of the vote shouldn't be believed, according to Joe Mercurio, a Democratic political consultant.

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over one - third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multi-million dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment, from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

In the Bronx, Ms. Mark - Viverito eked out a reed - thin 11 - vote win over runner - up Ralina Cardona while fending off challengers by larger, but still uncomfortable, margins in Manhattan.

Bartolomeo, 47, was seeking her third term and a third straight win over her 68 - year - old conservative challenger.

The chairmen made that decision in Geneseo since Nojay won Tuesday's primary over challenger Rick Milne.

Despite having a Democratic opponent for the first time in years, state Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D — Corona) achieved victory over challenger Anthony Miranda, a retired policeman, garnering 63 percent of the vote and winning another two - year term in office, according to unofficial election results.

Fifth District: Incumbent Nader Maroun, 66, easily won a third two - year term over Republican challenger Norman Snyder, 58, who made his first run for office.

Cuomo's challenger, Fordham Law School Professor Zephyr Teachout, managed to win over a third of the vote against the incumbent governor, despite Cuomo's multimillion dollar war chest and near unanimous support from the state's Democratic political establishment from Hillary Clinton to local mayors.

Carlos Menchaca, an openly gay candidate who won in District 38 despite the PAC spending $ 294,095 to support his challenger Sara Gonzalez, said that the PAC's negative onslaught against him — which included over $ 50,000 worth of negative campaign literature — was often xenophobic and racist.

Eli Lilly takes a win over generic challenger Actavis as London court rules in its favor in a patent case involving lung cancer drug Alimta.

Showtime Boxing: In his first title defense, Deontay Wilder wins via ninth round KO over challenger Eric Molina.

Gov. Bruce Rauner ekes out win over conservative challenger.