Sentence examples for early contests from inspiring English sources

Most of the early contests involved slalom races, as in alpine skiing.

By March, Mr. Kerry had won the early contests, essentially clinching the nomination.

In early contests, such as South Carolina, Romney did badly with those groups.

The early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire are scheduled for January 2004.

He could damage some by coming in ahead of them in the early contests, when the weeding out begins.

Most candidates now win the nomination by winning enough of the early contests to drive their competitors from the field.

They said they would focus his efforts now on three states with early contests: Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

Polls of voters in the early contests show that Mr. Forbes's backers look like Mr. Bush's backers on the issues.

With primaries proliferating nationwide to allow party members more democratic input in selecting their nominee, media scrutiny of the early contests intensified.

And it was a reminder of the weakness that he has demonstrated among conservative voters in the early contests this year.

But in the primaries candidates compete for the votes of activists, and his stance is winning him applause from the faithful in states with early contests.