Sentence examples for governor against from inspiring English sources

The younger Mr Reid was running for governor against Republican Brian Sandoval and lost.

Some polls suggested that he was facing a tight rematch for governor against Mr. Gregg.

He also ran unsuccessfully for governor against Mario Cuomo in 1986.

But in 2002, people will be assessing the governor against a real opponent.

He made another try at elected office, in 1932, running for governor against Herbert Lehman.

The paper repeated this equal-time performance in 1962 when Nixon ran for governor against Pat Brown.

Mr. Golisano is running in two smaller-party primaries for governor, against Mr. Pataki in both cases.

Mr. Hevesi succeeds H. Carl McCall, a fellow Democrat, who was defeated in his run for governor against Mr. Pataki.

ACCURACY -- In "Imagine," Mr. McGreevey cites the positions he took in his losing 1997 campaign for governor against Christie Whitman.

A partisan struggle between Republicans and Democrats has turned into an institutional one, pitting the governor against the Legislature.

Tells about Hearst running for Governor against Charles E. Hughes, Elihu Root accused him of inspiring assissination.