Sentence examples for lopsided race from inspiring English sources

Maybe politicians fear facing a lopsided race if they disarm unilaterally.

Pre-election polls point to a lopsided race in the state with the earliest poll-closing time, Vermont.

Mr. Christie is leagues ahead of his Democratic opponent, State Senator Barbara Buono, and these dicey funds might not make much difference in a lopsided race.

That election, like this one, featured a lopsided race for governor coupled with a midterm Congressional election that was seen as a rebuke of an incumbent president.

Support from the popular president could transform what now seems to be a lopsided race, giving Mr. Thompson a needed boost in the polls or further solidifying Mr. Bloomberg's commanding lead.

Page A20 New York DEMOCRAT TRIES TO HOLD ON IN CLOSELY WATCHED CONTEST What was expected to be a lopsided race between Democrat David I. Weprin and his Republican opponent, Bob Turner, a retired television executive, has become a close and closely watched contest that is being seen by some as a referendum on President Obama.

As polling over the weekend suggested that a once-lopsided race was suddenly too close to call, Mr. Lazio crisscrossed the state to lock down votes.

In doing so, Matsui has deepened the woes of Japanese baseball, which suffers from an imbalance of power that leads to lopsided pennant races -- the Giants won the Pacific League by 11 games this year -- and frustrated fans.

Muddle Number Three: the lopsided incumbent-challenger race.

But he overlooked the even larger number of lopsided and inconsequential races where there are two candidates; the advantages of incumbency are so great that even serious opponents can rarely win.

Since becoming a frontrunner in what threatens to be a lopsided Newark mayor's race, Cory Booker is coming under more scrutiny than he ever faced as a plucky underdog.