Sentence examples for closest state from inspiring English sources

Field work may have put Obama over the top in Florida – the closest state in 2012.

"We're the closest state in the nation," Ms. McCaskill said Friday in an interview.

If the difference stays near its current level, it will easily be the closest state poll in a presidential election in a century.

Texas is already the largest producer of wind power, with 5,300 installed megawatts — more than double the installed capacity of California, the next closest state.

Their closest state school is one of the highest ranked secondary schools in Wales, but they live 0.25 miles outside the catchment area.

The Bottom Line Florida is the closest state according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast; Mr. Obama was a nominal 52 percent favorite there as of Tuesday, but it has flipped back and forth between the candidates many times.

In 2008, the closest states were Indiana, North Carolina and Missouri.

Note that the swing states are not necessarily the closest states.

Farther east, in 2000 and 2004, New Mexico was one of the closest states in Presidential politics.

Likewise in 1984, when Walter Mondale was clobbered by Ronald Reagan, the closest states were Minnesota and Massachusetts.

Eight of the 10 closest states in the last presidential election now have Democratic governors.