Sentence examples for essentially unopposed from inspiring English sources

In Denver two weeks ago, Romney's performance got better and better as he discovered, to his obvious delight, that he was essentially unopposed.

Mr. Crist abandoned the Republican Party in April when he looked likely to lose to Mr. Rubio, who won the Republican primary essentially unopposed.

So even though President Bush is essentially unopposed, there are 13 other names on the Republican primary ballot, running from Blake Ashby of St . Louisto Bill Wyatt of Glendale, Calif.

"In the Crimea," he notes, "Russian forces mounted an essentially unopposed campaign to seize key strategic points and exploit the weakness of the interim government in Kiev.

In contrast to the intense fighting on Tulagi and Gavutu, the landings on Guadalcanal were essentially unopposed.

The work of the New Hampshire Democratic Party came to fruition in March 1827, when their pro-Jackson nominee, Benjamin Pierce, won the support of the pro-Adams faction and was elected governor of New Hampshire essentially unopposed.

The immigration bill is meandering its way through the legislative process, essentially unopposed.

In a state where incumbent senators essentially run unopposed in elections, Mr. Lamont could win the election by just capturing the primary, because Republicans have not seriously challenged Mr. Lieberman and would be hard-pressed to find a strong candidate if he loses a primary, though the chance of upsetting Mr. Lieberman is a long shot, those who handicap such races said.

Since Santorum dropped out of the race, Romney's median primary performance has been 67%: in other words, Romney as nominee presumptive, essentially now running unopposed, is still only getting about two-thirds of GOP support.

Mayor Ed Lee is basically running unopposed for re-election this year.

City clerk and treasurer are also up for grabs, although the latter has essentially already been grabbed, with Stephanie Neely running unopposed in that race.