Sentence examples for underdog state from inspiring English sources

His traveling companion, Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, introduced the candidate as an "underdog fighter for an underdog state".

Sarah Palin weighed in on Nebraska's GOP primary for U.S. Senate on Wednesday, backing underdog state Sen. Deb Fischer.

The top-seeded Eagles were pushed to the limit but outlasted the underdog Ferris State, 4-1, in the Frozen Four title game Saturday night at Tampa Bay Times Forum.

LSU could have had a nine-win regular season if not for lightning canceling the season opener against heavy underdog McNeese State.

Its Final Four — known charmingly as the Frozen Four — includes a true underdog in Bemidji State.

As district attorney, he came across as too darn mean, a dream-trampling Manhattan A-type, not a bowed-but-unbroken Garden State underdog.

Mr. Kerrey, whose name has not appeared on a Nebraska ballot since 1994, would most likely have been considered an underdog in a state dominated by Republican politics.

Although Rubio remains an underdog in the state, the three pillars of his campaign – hawkishness on defense, a compelling personal story, and his relative youth (he is 43) – have left South Carolinians impressed and endeared them to his candidacy.

Mr. Obama is an underdog in two states that he won in 2008, Indiana and North Carolina.

As the underdog, the non-state actor only has to stand up to Goliath, as it were, and its victory in the mind of the public is virtually sealed.

Experts last week predicted that Boise State, the underdog from the upstart Western Athletic Conference, would be ranked first.