Sentence examples for state the contests from inspiring English sources

And fairly or not — Mr. Obama's advisers are not alone in arguing that the significance of these races does not extend beyond the boundaries of either state — the contests are being held up as an early measure of how Mr. Obama is doing and a predictor of how Democrats might fare in next year's Congressional campaigns.

Mr. Lieberman has until Oct. 27 to drop out and give his state the contest it deserves.

If Clinton wins Ohio, maybe she loses Pennsylvania or some other state (the contest in Pennsylvania was closer than in Ohio, but oddly, received little mention, even though it has more electoral votes than Ohio).Mark Moore.

Instead, Pope echoed Carno, the Colorado activist, saying he would focus on down-ballot races in his state, including the contests for governor and U.S. Senate.

The race is decided by the electoral college, or a tally of wins from the state-by-state contests, rather than by the popular national vote.

The move would amount to unconditional surrender by the country's most delegate-rich state in the contest to influence the presidential nomination process.

Not every country that is currently an EU member state won the contest while being a member of the EU.

The 51 contestants, winners of the state contests and the one in the District of Columbia, were already in town with their families, sponsors and coaches.

But seen from the ground in one battleground state, the 2014 contest is not the election that will bring about that change.

A minor omission in New Jersey's application was one reason the state lost the contest.

The state of the contest is all the more unpredictable because voters do not seem whole-heartedly loyal to their favored candidate.