Sentence examples for First frontrunner from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, by the end of the night I expect the Best Actor race, which up until now has been wide open, to have its first frontrunner.

Neel Mukherjee would be the first winner from Kolkata, and – if he continues to head the betting – the first frontrunner in recent memory besides Hilary Mantel to defy the curse of favouritism and emerge victorious (the curse already appeared to operate this year at the preceding stage, with the longlist favourite David Mitchell not shortlisted).

After a rough midweek for MLS ambitions at the hands of Mexican teams, it's back to domestic action as MLS gears up for week three — where perhaps we'll see the first frontrunners for the honor of being beaten up on south of the border sometime in spring 2016.

It's easy to see how supporters of a party that puts forth Newt Gingrich as its fourth frontrunner in three months would be wary of giving government any power.

In 2008, Mr Obama brought in almost $750m £465mm) from donors large and small, as his insurgent campaign bested first Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton and then Republican nominee John McCain on the promise of hope, change and a new kind of post-partisan politics.

To debate: Politico's Alexander Burns lists five things to watch for in tonight's Republican debate, which will be Newt Gingrich's first as a frontrunner.

We were talking about Barack Obama when he first became a "frontrunner," and I wondered whether the country was ready for a black president.

Three weeks from the start of primary season in the US, Bernie Sanders has scored his first lead over frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucus, the first contest in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Two years ago, I spent quite a bit of my time working in several states to help an insurgent named Barack Obama first challenge the frontrunner Hillary Clinton and then win the general election.

The most recent mayoral opinion poll put Whittle in a distant third place behind Labour frontrunner Sadiq Khan and second placed Conservative Zac Goldsmith with just 7% of first preference votes under the supplementary vote system, followed closely by Sian Berry of the Greens on 6% and Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon on 5%.

The presidential elections in the Maldives will go to a second round after frontrunner Mohamed Nasheed failed to win an outright majority.