Sentence examples for critical contest from inspiring English sources

Tuesday's New Hampshire primary is a critical contest in the Republican presidential nomination race.

Both candidates have already held rallies in Ohio and are laying plans for a critical contest there.

But the early animosity reflects calculations by the two candidates as they compete for many of the same voters and look to what their aides describe as a critical contest in 2004: the primary in a state with which their home states both share a border, New Hampshire.

He was again right about a close and critical contest.

The fifth-year veteran out-performed rookie Charlie Raffa (Maryland) in practice on Wednesday night and got the nod for this critical contest.

Sometimes the campaign feels more like a running episode of Survivor or Project Runway than a critical contest to elect a president.

Her second comes days before critical contests in South Carolina and Nevada, which will put the interest of minority communities in the spotlight.

Republicans have long been favored to keep control of the Senate, but recent polls have shown Democratic candidates performing well in a number of critical contests.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his chances at becoming his party's nominee this fall.

— MICHAEL D. SHEAR MANCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire Republican primary, achieving a sweep of the first two critical contests in the 2012 presidential race and boosting his chances at becoming his party's nominee this fall.

In addition to California and Ohio, Mr. Obama plans to campaign this month for Democrats in Illinois and Pennsylvania, two states he carried twice and which have critical contests for Congress and governor this fall, an adviser to the former president said.