Sentence examples for serious frontrunner from inspiring English sources

The news of Gove's candidacy hit the airwaves, internet and social media just half an hour before Theresa May, another serious frontrunner, was about to launch her bid for the leadership at the Royal United Services Institute in Westminster.

This hypocrisy may enrage Democrats but it's made him one of the most popular members of the Republican Party -- and a serious frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

In part, this was because Romney failed to become a serious frontrunner in the Republican race, undone by his comment that the U.S. military had "brainwashed" him into initially supporting the Vietnam War.

Sanders began his campaign as an insurgent but has emerged as a serious threat to frontrunner Hillary Clinton, even winning one recent Iowa poll.

On the eve of a big voting day, they won't get to see the GOP national frontrunner handle serious challenges, not just from Megyn Kelly, but from the rest of the candidates, several of whom seem to have realized only lately that if they don't hit Trump hard he will win.

Above all he is no Vatican insider, unlike so many of the supposed frontrunners, and is serious about a major overhaul of the bureaucrats in Rome.

Despite a widespread assumption that the controversial reality TV star cannot be a serious candidate, he quickly becomes a frontrunner – and has shown little sign of losing his momentum.

Paul was never a serious challenger to Mitt Romney's frontrunner status, but he has earned praise from some for using the primaries to build a movement – and looks likely to leverage his delegate count to earn a platform at the Republican National Convention at Tampa, Florida for his libertarian message.

It was Ben Carson who spoke out against the possibility of a Muslim president, and called dangerous Syrian refugees "mad dogs," but Trump is the frontrunner, and he's got myriad serious policy proposals that affect Muslim Americans.

Counted out by many in his party and the media after his campaign imploded over the summer, McCain has bounced back to become the frontrunner in the Granite State and a serious threat to win the nomination.

Norway has been known internationally as an environmental frontrunner, but that is a reputation that is in serious tatters".