Sentence examples for critical contests from inspiring English sources
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.
Steven Gerrard believes England have successfully tamed the fear factor that once undermined them in critical contests at Wembley Stadium and he will lead the side out against Poland on Tuesday night hoping to become "the proudest man in the country" by securing a place at the World Cup finals in Brazil.
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.
Democrats and Republicans alike have singled out the $2.8 million-and-counting asr deluge as the biggest factor in Mr. Gingrich's precipitous drop in polls of Iowa voters and Mitt Romney's corresponding rise, reshaping the critical first contest of the Republican primary season to Mr. Romney's benefit.
