Sentence examples for contest toward from inspiring English sources

A day after the most vigorous debate in the campaign, several factors seemed to push the contest toward a two-candidate race.

The endorsements come as the Romney campaign is pressing elected officials and activists in the 10 states that are voting Tuesday and those that do so in the following weeks to help nudge the contest toward a conclusion.

Mr. Romney's 20-minute stump speech in the final stretch is a case study in such modulation, offering a stark illustration of his long journey from the partisanship of the Republican nominating contest toward the measured and less controversial middle of American politics.

But Bush clearly draws his most ardent supporters and tireless workers from this group, many from a healthy subset of approximately four million evangelicals who didn't vote in 2000 -- potential new arrivals to the voting booth who could tip a close election or push a tight contest toward a rout.

As the contest lurched toward an unpredictable finish, both sides believed the race would hinge on women voters not aligned with either party.

But as Iowa gave way to New Hampshire and then South Carolina, and the contest careered toward its ultimate form of a zero-sum game between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the mood darkened.

As the contest moved toward its toe-curling finish — the first semifinal was held on Tuesday night — the artists themselves were steering well clear of politics.

As the presidential contest heads toward the showdowns in Iowa and New Hampshire, the battle to control Congress is shaping up with considerably less attention from the public.

Apparently disproving one of Wall Street's sturdiest axioms -- that frenetic stock trading doesn't pay -- the No Cents Investment Club of Chicago is far ahead as the CBS MarketWatch "Survivor" contest heads toward conclusion.

But other factors, engrained into Montana's political history and geography, could also push the contest more toward the middle and away from the blood-fest of extremes that marked the 2010 midterm elections, when moderates, especially among Republicans, fell under a surge of Tea Party-backed candidates.

Senator John McCain of Arizona is set to meet with at least three potential running mates at a gathering at his ranch this weekend in Arizona, suggesting that he is stepping up his search for a vice-presidential candidate as the Democratic contest heads toward a conclusion, according to Republicans familiar with Mr. McCain's plans.