Sentence examples for prominent race from inspiring English sources

John Thune, a former representative from South Dakota who lost a Senate bid two years ago by just 524 votes, intends to run against Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, creating a prominent race that will pit one of President Bush's closest allies against one of his harshest critics.

Another prominent race is the "Shumi", a small tribe of creatures with yellow skin and large arms.

Latino politicians have recently lost prominent races to be mayor of Los Angeles and governor of California.

According to Skip Barber, who founded a prominent racing school, these volatile machines demand very sensitive drivers.

Over the past few years other Democrats have also won prominent races in the heart of the interior West.

Last year, a horse owned by the Barclays banker called Champagne Fever took home the first prize at one of the event's most prominent races that had a total purse of more than $80,000.

There were other prominent races on the ballot, including the still too-close-to-call governor's race and ballot measures to legalize recreational use of marijuana and raise the state's minimum wage, both of which passed.

Representatives for the racing commissions in Florida and Kentucky – two of the nation's more prominent racing states – responded to questions about their domestic violence policies with similarly framed answers that differed when it came to the subtleties of legal jargon.

Lingfield and Musselburgh have publicly stated their desire to race on the bank holiday but there has been opposition from a number of prominent racing professionals to the proposal.

Christopher Achen, a professor of political science at the University of Michigan, worked as a consultant on Tuesday for ABC News in its decision unit, one of those assigned the job of examining close, prominent races.

Other prominent races in Carabobo, a state with a large industrial base, and Táchira, a state on the border with Colombia, were apparently too close to declare a winner, Mr. Chávez said.