Sentence examples for state a contest from inspiring English sources

An angry and bitter Bersani told MPs he would stand down as leader of the Democratic party (PD) as soon as parliament managed to elect a new head of state – a contest that is crucial in deciding how and if Italy can extract itself from political gridlock.

Mr. Boies said it no longer mattered whether the votes were counted before or after the certification of Mr. Bush's victory by the Florida secretary of state; a contest lawsuit, he said, makes that issue irrelevant, even though it is before the United States Supreme Court.

In recent weeks, Kasich and Fiorina have emerged as serious contenders in the critical and highly fluid 2016 battleground of New Hampshire -- the nation's first primary state and a contest in which onetime frontrunner Jeb Bush may not be able to afford to lose.

In Nebraska, the other Republican state holding a contest on Tuesday, Trump also beat Cruz and Kasich.

In Nebraska, the other Republican state holding a contest on Tuesday, Trump also beat Cruz and Kasich, winning all 36 delegates on offer there.

Mr. Obama raced through five campaign stops, making last-minute appeals in each corner of the state in a contest critical to his candidacy.

Senator Nelson hasn't signed onto that, but there are estimates out there that in the sunny southern state, such a contest would cost only $4 million, not four or five times that, as a do-over.

In 2013, the state launched a contest to see who could kill the most giant snakes, and last year, officials flew in two singing Irula tribesmen from India to slay the giant invasive predators.

Yet a strong Clinton victory in another general election battleground state — like her wins in Ohio and Pennsylvania this spring — could raise fresh questions about Mr. Obama's ability to carry swing states in a contest against Senator John McCain in the fall.

We all know the race for the White House is a state-by-state contest to win 270 electoral votes and it will be decided by just a handful of states.

E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Chuck writes: I've always found it kind of fallacious to worry that our current system elevates popular-vote losers to the presidency: that's because popular votes cast in a state-by-state contest for 270 electoral votes do not reflect the national will.