But last month, the league's relegation battle was closely contested.
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Rod Blum in another closely contested race in Iowa's 1st district.
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Germany is heading into a closely contested federal election in September.
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In recent years, the Red River Rivalry has been closely contested.
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Tom Perriello in the closely contested Democratic primary for Virginia governor.
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The states are widely expected to be closely contested again in 2020.
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In closely contested House races, Republican incumbents appeared to be holding on.
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Still, the GOP money isn't insignificant and could reshape closely contested races.
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The count on a few closely contested seats has not yet been concluded.
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Republicans hold 13 of 18 congressional seats in the closely contested swing state.
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Puerto Ricans are a key potential voting bloc in Florida's closely contested elections.
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They once contributed to many more closely contested and therefore moderation-encouraging congressional elections.
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Three statewide races in November were so closely contested that their results required recounts.
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And it&aposs going to happen in the middle of a closely contested congressional election.
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Last year, Republicans won closely contested statewide races for governor and the U.S. Senate there.
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The Tar Heel State may be the most closely contested in this years' presidential campaign.
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In the 2016 race, the committee spent roughly $3 million on the closely contested race.
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It would be a tense situation: down the stretch of a closely contested major championship.
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Both of those states feature closely contested races that could oust Democratic senators from office.
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The states that will be called first, almost by definition, aren't the most closely contested battlegrounds.
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Tate Reeves and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood, is closely contested, according to an October poll.
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The first half was closely contested, with neither team able to solve their opponent's zone defense.
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If the district reverts to its Obama-era form the general election could be closely contested.
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Original post: The most closely contested governor's election of the Trump era so far is here.
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But Vigneault said that momentum could only go so far, especially in a closely contested series.
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Over the weekend, Khama quit the ruling Botswana Democratic Party ahead of closely contested elections in October.
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Zambia's president has been re-elected in a closely contested vote, the country's electoral commission announced Monday.
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The ruling could have serious political repercussions in a state that is closely contested in presidential elections.
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At the end of the day, it will come down to a handful of closely contested races.
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It cited problems in several states, notably closely contested ones like Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and Ohio.
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The move appeared to give Netanyahu a boost ahead of the closely contested April 9 Israeli elections.
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The United States and Mexico have one of the fiercer and most closely contested rivalries in world soccer.
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After the closely contested race, Clinton was officially declared the winner on Tuesday afternoon, the Associated Press reported.
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That isn't surprising, given the number of times he has cast the "deciding vote" in closely contested cases.
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Her party has four senators, which gives it influence in parliament when closely contested legislation is being voted on.
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This fix preserves their role, but only in the event of a closely contested race without a clear winner.
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I'm obviously trying to do the same ... it's going to be a closely-contested contest, as it has been.
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What's more, those who do well in California could gain momentum, a valuable asset in a closely contested race.
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But he still thinks that they could tip the balance toward Democrats in a closely contested election in Florida.
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Leaving aside Florida (which has been closely contested in recent presidential elections), the three other states tell an important story.
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If Democrats run up big margins with these groups, a number of closely-contested states are likely to turn bluer.
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Sure, committed advocates could physically move to Iowa (or the few other closely contested places) to make their votes count.
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LGBT activists campaigned vigorously for Joko Widodo, known to all as Jokowi, during the closely contested presidential election of 2014.
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The hand recount also handed a win to Democrat Nikki Fried in the closely contested race for Florida agriculture commissioner.
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Like Georgia, the governor's race in Florida has been closely contested, and issues of race have been at the forefront.
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Democrat Mikie Sherrill won in New Jersey's 11th, a Republican-held seat that will be closely contested in the fall.
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That happened during the closely contested 2008 election when superdelegates were seen as having as an outsized influence in the outcome.
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Three third-period Jets goals in less than a two-minute span blew open what had been a closely contested game.
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Why it matters: If Cordray had won, Democrats would have been more likely to win other closely contested Midwest governors' races, too.
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But that was before the UAW lost a closely contested election open to all of the plant's 1,500 workers in February 2014.
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And in New Jersey's 11th district, Democrat Mikie Sherrill declared victory for a seat that will be closely contested in the fall.
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This is particularly outrageous, as in Georgia, where the secretary of state is a candidate in an election that is closely contested.
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In any closely contested state, staying home or voting for a third-party candidate is, in its impact, a vote for Trump.
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Last season, Golden State needed just five games to defeat Portland in the conference semifinals — but nearly every game was closely contested.
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But with ZERO margin for error -- meaning he has to win in Wisconsin and Florida, among other very closely contested states in 2016.
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That said, the presidential election was essentially decided by voters in a few very closely contested counties in a handful of swing states.
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"He is a reliable conservative in the most closely contested cases but moderate when his vote cannot change the outcome," the authors wrote.
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The knockout came with just 2 seconds left in the fight, providing a dramatic finish to what had been a closely contested bout.
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The bizarre and frightening turn came at the conclusion of a race that has been far more closely contested than almost anyone expected.
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Except that Ms. Donnelly plans to vote for Brian Fitzpatrick, the Republican congressman who represents Pennsylvania's closely contested first district, north of Philadelphia.
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The classic matchup between the bigger, stronger LaMotta and the impossibly elegant Robinson produced closely contested bouts packed with skill, heart and suspense.
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"He is a reliable conservative in the most closely contested cases but moderate when his vote cannot change the outcome," the study said.
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In California's Orange County, for example, Asian Americans voters helped make the difference in closely contested districts that flipped from Republican to Democrat.
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If the Libertarian ticket gains momentum, it could conceivably act as a spoiler in some closely contested swing states that will decide November's election.
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His 9'1'' standing reach allows him to get a shot off against anyone, making him a threat to score even when it's closely contested.
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New Hampshire, where polls also close at 7 pm, is a presidential swing state but also features closely contested races for senator and governor.
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This week's survey is the most closely contested since June 2015, when 15 of 28 analysts in a Reuters poll saw a rate cut.
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The Blue Demons shot 50 percent (29-for-23) in a closely contested first 222 minutes and took a 214-239 lead into halftime.
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The actual number of missing white voters is quite low in the closely contested states, where turnout remained high or even rose in 2012.
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Now, after his death, the state's evolving nature ensures its Senate elections will be among the country's most closely contested for the foreseeable future.
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"A variety of factors have taken it from being a closely contested state to much more of a slingshot for Trump," Mr. Garin said.
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Brian Fitzpatrick, an up-and-coming moderate from Bucks County who won reelection last fall in one of the nation's most closely contested races.
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U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema declared victory and Republican opponent Martha McSally conceded after multiple media outlets called the closely contested Arizona race for the Democrat.
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Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-204): This suburban north Philly district might be the most closely contested between the two parties over the last two presidential elections.
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Democrats then must win all, or most of, four seats — three in states Trump carried — North Carolina, Iowa and Georgia — and in closely contested Maine.
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Energy supply is a critical issue for Ghana's government in the run-up to what is likely to be a closely contested election in November.
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The coalition of the Liberal and National Parties maintained seats in closely contested suburbs from Perth to Melbourne, and picked up support across rural areas.
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And true to form, the states stepped up to make this year's rankings the most closely contested since we started measuring the states in 2007.
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The closely contested primary, which will be decided on June 13, has emerged as the most significant intraparty Democratic contest yet in the Trump era.
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A historic number of candidates and an all-out fight for control of the House means 2018 will feature a number of closely contested primaries.
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Realizing the importance of mobilizing their partisan base in the closely contested presidential elections, both parties have stepped up their ground games in battleground states.
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His trip to Israel, three weeks before a closely contested election, was portrayed in local media as a Trump administration boost for the right-wing Netanyahu.
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Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is dropping a new ad in Arizona's closely contested Senate race, this time touting her record on health care for seniors.
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"Just about every time there's a closely contested nomination battle, the supporters of the candidate who appear to be losing threaten to walk out," Abramowitz said.
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Formal U.S. acceptance of Israel's territorial claim could bolster Netanyahu's re-election prospects in a closely contested race as he battles corruption allegations, which he denies.
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The result is that the 20183 midterm election and the 2020 presidential race will each likely produce a procession of closely contested races on both fronts.
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It was not until then that the Celtics gained any degree of separation, a fitting denouement to a closely contested series between two evenly matched teams.
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Iowa and New Hampshire are being closely contested by Buttigieg, former Vice President Joe Biden, and U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, according to polls.
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Jill Stein went to Trump Tower on Monday to press her case for long-shot recounts in three closely contested states in last month's presidential election.
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In such closely contested districts, a slight increase in the minority share of the vote could be a tipping point thumb on the scales for Democrats.
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Official recount results on Wednesday from the closely contested May 9 election confirmed that the pro-Trans Mountain ruling British Columbia Liberal Party lost its legislative majority.
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But Republicans won them, often convincingly, in most of the closely contested Senate races, including Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.
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But the real surprise will come if, in the midst of a closely contested election, Trump's chief party backers ever experience an epiphany and rescind their endorsements.
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HARARE — For the first time in their lives, young Zimbabweans will be able to vote Monday in a closely contested election without Robert Mugabe on the ballot.
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"But I still think the House will be closely contested, and whether there's a Republican or Democratic majority could depend on one or two seats," Pope said.
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If female candidates win dozens of closely contested House and Senate races, women could make up almost a quarter of Congress for the first time, Bloomberg found.
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Middle Eastern nations and European powers have expressed alarm at the plan, which Netanyahu said he would implement if he wins a closely contested election next week.
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Gavin Newsom and Senator Kamala Harris will barnstorm together this weekend in a final push to energize voters in four closely contested House races in Southern California.
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The move threw a bone to vulnerable Republican senators in states closely contested between the parties, who are under relentless pressure to show it's a fair trial.
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Likud and its strongest challenger, the centrist Blue and White party, which has not taken a position on marijuana legalization, are locked in a closely contested race.
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Voting rights activists contended that many of the fights over voters' registrations were intended block new minority voters and tip in favor of Republicans closely contested races.
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The damaging setback puts Houston in a situation in which it also must pass Seattle and Baltimore before catching the Tigers in the closely contested wild-card race.
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But in the closely contested April election, Netanyahu - dubbed "crime minister" by his opponents - appeared on course for a fifth term as head of a right-wing bloc.
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Bernie Sanders told voters in a closely contested swing county that he heard their concerns, reiterated his campaign promises for transforming America, and promised to defeat Donald Trump.
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Democrats and Republicans say they are bracing to wait days or even weeks before knowing the winners of some of the most closely contested contests, particularly House primaries.
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Mike Shields, the group's president, said it had tested that message and found it effective in closely contested races, even with voters who are likely to support Mrs.
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Claire McCaskill, up for re-election in one of the most closely contested seats for control of the Senate, confirmed that Russians had attacked her computer network. Sen.
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Clinton's supporters have pointed to her 2 million-vote lead over Trump in the popular vote as evidence she may want to consider recounts in closely contested states.
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Louisiana Tech is also coming off a solid victory, scoring 21 unanswered points late to turn a closely-contested affair into a 2459-248 rout of Northwestern State.
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Game 5 was another closely-contested match between the teams but the Warriors made a final push at the end to win 106-105 and force a sixth game.
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An investigation into suspected fraud in a closely contested House race in North Carolina has shined a spotlight on an increasingly powerful tool in U.S. elections: mail-in ballots.
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Among the most closely contested states is Pennsylvania, where Pat Toomey, the incumbent Republican, is engaged in an expensive and sometimes nasty battle with Katie McGinty, his Democratic challenger.
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In a more closely contested partisan environment, it's possible that Bentley would have been pushed out much faster to avoid giving the gift of scandal to the Democratic opposition.
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Mr. Sanford, a former governor once seen as a possible candidate for president, lost to Katie Arrington, a state lawmaker, in a closely contested primary, The Associated Press reported.
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The prospect of the closely-contested vote, which will help determine Britain's future in trade and world affairs and also shape the EU, has rattled markets around the world.
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Here are the few of the best on the ground: Organized shortly after Trump's election, Swing Left is gearing up to help Democrats win races in closely contested districts.
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Booker bolstered his own $7 million-plus in fundraising for the party's organizations with appearances on behalf of 10 out of 12 Democratic Senate candidates in closely contested races.
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One way to measure this unusual juxtaposition of closely contested national elections and landslide state-level elections is to subtract the national margin from the median state-level presidential margin.
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What is surprising is not that such a campaign has emerged in a closely contested election, but that they have also occurred in undisputed elections and outside the public's eye.
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Greece's Maria Sakkari edged 20-year-old Naomi Osaka in a closely contested second-set tiebreak to dispatch the Japanese 6-3 7-63(8) in their first-round match.
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At least 60 percent of the 5.6 million registered voters are under the age of 40, and experts expect this to play a key role in the closely contested election.
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Netanyahu said on Tuesday he planned to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, if he wins a closely contested election just a week away.
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But criticism leveled by AIPAC and another major U.S. Jewish group, the American Jewish Committee (AJC), against Jewish Power dominated coverage in Israel on Sunday of the closely-contested race.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's attorney-general announced on Thursday he intends to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges, a decision coming just six weeks before a closely contested national election.
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A hacker who gained access to voter rolls could affect the outcome of an election by marking, for example, every few citizens in a closely contested county as having already voted.
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And while it's easy to blame the Russians, the reality is that our hyperpartisan, winner-take-all, closely contested two-party system has made us vulnerable to a threat like this.
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The pattern was broken last month in Virginia, where the swelling ranks of college-educated suburbanites and minorities in the Washington, D.C., suburbs have made the state a closely contested battleground.
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The Iowa Legislature on Monday handed a seat to a state GOP lawmaker after voting to reject 220006 absentee mail ballots in a closely-contested race, according to The Associated Press.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week announced his intention to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, if he wins a closely contested election.
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Like two boxers in the final round of a closely contested slugfest, Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson traded hard shots on the last lap of Sunday's Overton's 400 at Chicagoland Speedway.
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KEY RATING DRIVERS The affirmation of Turkey's IDRs and Stable Outlook reflects the following rating drivers: Fiscal discipline remained in place in 2015 despite the holding of two closely contested parliamentary elections.
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He believes that men in particular might be open to Trump's appeals, and even a minor dilution of the Democratic lock on this constituency could have huge implications in closely contested states.
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Meanwhile, in the U.S., the Dow Jones industrial average and broader S&P 500 index continued under pressure as investors eyed a closely contested four-way race in the French presidential election.
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Several of these states have important statewide elections this November that are expected to be closely contested, including Senate races in Montana and West Virginia, and a contest for governor in Georgia.
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Finally, Edano cemented an alliance with the Communists that the Democratic Party had struggled to forge, giving dozens of CDP candidates the opportunity to consolidate the opposition vote in closely contested constituencies.
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It appears unlikely that this impacted any closely contested races in a meaningful way, but it's unfortunate for the citizens affected and a black eye for the county and the state. Sen.
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Trump was holding rallies in Iowa as well as in another closely contested swing state, New Hampshire, and in Maine, where his campaign sees a chance to grab one of four electoral votes.
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In the days around the referendum - which is expected to be closely contested - governors of European central banks will hold a series of meetings, some of which were scheduled independently of the vote.
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N.C. State, which has a three-game home winning streak going into Wednesday night's visit from first-place North Carolina, led 35-34 at halftime in what was a closely contested game throughout.
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There are now eight LGBT members of the House, and two in the Senate — Baldwin and Arizona's Kyrsten Sinema, whose bisexuality never became an issue in her closely contested election campaign last year.
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Either a relaxation of foreign ownership or allowing lenders to prop up a failing private institution would provide the opposition with a stick to beat Modi in a poll that could be closely contested.
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While he hasn't looked to be slowing down and his last fight was closely contested, this is the first time in Cerrone's lengthy career that he finds himself on a two-fight losing streak.
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On one side of the bracket we've watched two teams' brief, pitiful struggle against the Cavaliers three-point blitzkrieg, and the other has been a quagmire of closely-contested and aesthetically butt-nasty matchups.
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Trump's move appeared to be his most overt yet to help Netanyahu, who is locked in a closely contested race in the April 9 election while also fighting allegations of corruption, which he denies.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention on Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, if he wins next week's election in a closely contested race.
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The race is likely to be closely contested by the Nationalist Party, which favors a more cooperative relationship with the mainland, and which Beijing officials are eager to see back in power in Taiwan.
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Beyond Long Island, there were several closely contested races in the Hudson Valley, where two Republican incumbents — William Larkin Jr. and Susan Serino — were being strongly challenged by Democrats Chris Eachus and Terry Gipson.
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The witness vote would be closely contested, and McConnell included a request from his moderates in the trial rules to have a vote whether witnesses should be called after opening arguments and senator questions.
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But Mr. Trusca saw that game as being so hopelessly fixed that he did not see his vote being counted — even here in one of the most closely contested swing states in the country.
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The Electoral College For Trump to win, he'll need to beat Clinton in pretty much all of the closely contested states: Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, Arizona, Nevada, New Hampshire and (oddly enough) Utah.
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Meanwhile, investigators are probing the validity of hundreds of mail-in ballots handled by political operatives in a closely contested congressional race that has led the state to hold off certifying a Republican's apparent victory.
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Police wearing backpacks surrounded Trudeau on stage for the first time since the start of a six-week election campaign leading up to what polls suggest will be a closely contested vote on Oct. 21.
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday reiterated his endorsement of Ohio congressional candidate Troy Balderson, pushing voters to the polls in a closely contested special election seen by many as a bellwether for November's midterm elections.
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With the Penguins having won two closely contested encounters in Pittsburgh to start the best-of-seven series, Sharks coach Pete DeBoer promised that his team would be "much better" on home ice for Game Three.
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Johnson, 60, said in an interview with CNN that his demand to let the next president decide the Supreme Court nominee will be a boon for him in his closely contested race with former Democratic Sen.
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But if constituency sizes are evened out, other quirks of Britain's first-past-the-post system (notably the performance of smaller parties and the importance of closely contested marginal seats) will give different grounds for complaint.
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Trump's announcement marked a dramatic shift in U.S. policy and gave a boost to Netanyahu, who is in a closely contested race in the April 9 election while also fighting allegations of corruption, which he denies.
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The acrimony is certain to play out not just in one of the nation's most closely contested races for governor but also in the rare Southern state that can be up for grabs in presidential politics.
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Meanwhile, the Hub Project, a little-known Democratic organization with deep pockets from anonymous donors — providing funds known as "dark money" — is on track to spend $290 million in closely contested congressional elections across the country.
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Henry McMaster of South Carolina, according to Republican officials familiar with the plan, putting his presidential prestige on the line for one of his earliest supporters a day before the state's closely contested Republican runoff election.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced his intention on Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, if he wins a closely contested election just a week away.
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In the closely contested limited series category, the Television Academy spread its honors among "Chernobyl," wrenching social justice drama "When They See Us" and "Fosse/Verdon," starring Michelle Williams as Broadway singer and dancer Gwen Verdon.
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Thursday's meeting could also help Netanyahu in the closely contested election, in which he has played up his statecraft and security credentials in the face of the politically untested challenger Benny Gantz, a former military chief.
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Neither team had a lead larger than six points in a closely contested first half, and the Volunteers also shot the ball well — 52 percent from the floor and 7-for-7 from the foul line.
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In the closely contested limited series category, the Television Academy spread its honors among "Chernobyl," wrenching social justice drama "When They See Us" and "Fosse/Verdon," starring Michelle Williams as Broadway singer and dancer Gwen Verdon.
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More telling of the party's true colors and beliefs was its tolerance of these same offensive ideas just a few months ago when Mr. King was in a closely contested election to hold his House seat.
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In the only closely contested matter at the meeting, a proposal to lower the stock ownership threshold required to call a special meeting of shareholders failed narrowly, getting 49.8 percent of votes cast, a preliminary count showed.
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Le Pen is among the frontrunners in a closely contested election, although opinion polls show her losing by a big margin in a second-round runoff on May 7 to whichever other candidate she might face there.
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Ursula von der Leyen, the outgoing German defense minister and an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, won a closely contested vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday to become the first female president of the European Commission.
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Election observers believe if the country's 500,000 Ahmadi were to participate, their vote could swing the results of more than 20 closely contested seats in Punjab, the most populous province where Pakistani elections are won and lost.
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The last two minutes were closely contested as King Mo looked for another takedown, which were largely defended successfully by Cro Cop, who drove knees and kicks to the body in response until the first round ended.
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Middle Eastern nations have expressed alarm at a plan by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the occupied West Bank if he wins a closely contested election less than a week away.
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In a sign that Britain's June 8 election could be far more closely contested than previously thought, a YouGov poll published on Thursday showed the opposition Labour Party had cut the lead of May's Conservatives to five points.
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Mr Leeson and Mr Russ noted a striking similarity to modern American presidential elections, in which the two major parties swarm closely contested "swing states" with ads and rallies while ignoring those where one has an insurmountable advantage.
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In a sign that the June 21.1268 election could be more closely contested than previously thought, a YouGov poll published on Thursday showed that the opposition Labour Party had cut the lead of May's Conservatives to five points.
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"FOX's New Year's Eve" with host Steve Harvey saw 3.1 million people tune in, down 47 percent from last year, when the network benefited from a lead-in with implications for the closely contested Week 17 NFL games.
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Those battles may foreshadow what 2020 will look like in other closely contested states, especially ones with increasingly diverse populations where conservative-dominated legislatures have tried to put more restrictions on voting while stoking paranoia over stolen elections.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Friday as investors were cautious ahead of the first round of the closely contested French presidential election, but the S&P 500 managed to notch its first weekly gain in three.
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But, in a closely contested back-and-forth contest, one deemed Fight of the Night by the UFC, Griffin was ultimately given the nod and was awarded a unanimous decision victory and thus the UFC light heavyweight championship.
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The result of Arizona's closely fought U.S. Senate race emerged on Monday night when U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema declared victory and Republican opponent Martha McSally conceded, after multiple media outlets called the closely contested Arizona race for the Democrat.
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The need to go to the polls again so soon after a closely contested April 9 election in which Netanyahu had claimed victory showed a new weakness in a leader who has been in power for the past decade.
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PARIS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Independent centrist Emmanuel Macron is the candidate most likely to win France's closely contested presidential election this year, according to predictions in an opinion poll published as his conservative rival Francois Fillon battles a scandal.
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Monfils put up a decent challenge but Djokovic controlled affairs, breaking in the opening game and also to close out the first set before again striking at the end of a closely-contested second to seal victory in 76 minutes.
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Israel, which considers Hamas to be a terrorist group, has maintained an official silence about any pending agreement, a week before a closely contested election in which rocket strikes from Gaza on Israeli border towns have become a main issue.
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This weekend France heads into the first round of a closely contested four-person presidential race that could see the country elect populist far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen, who's currently trailing the moderate, EU-favored Emmanuel Macron.
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"A number of BoE policy makers have recently expressed caution towards raising rates, and the pound will look vulnerable if the decision to hike rates is a closely contested one," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief forex strategist at Mizuho Securities in Tokyo.
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In a campaign dominated by concerns over immigration and the economy, both sides have stepped up their arguments before the closely contested vote that will help determine Britain's future in trade and world affairs but also shape the EU itself.
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Though the 33th Congressional District reaches only its pinkie toe into Porter Ranch, Bryan Caforio, a Democrat, has made the leak a central issue of the election, which promises to be one of few closely contested races in the House.
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Other dangers lurk, particularly in Britain's winner-take-all electoral system, where the small Brexit Party could act as a spoiler, draining away just enough votes in enough closely contested districts to swing the balance of power in Parliament toward Labour.
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NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Friday as investors were cautious ahead of the first round of the closely-contested French presidential election, but the S&P 500 managed to notch its first weekly gain in three.
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While both parties used to win landslide victories with some frequency -- Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Richard Nixon in 19803, Ronald Reagan in 1984 -- in recent decades the parties have become much more evenly matched and the elections much more closely contested.
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Like many of Mr. Johnston's books, "First Snow, Last Light," his latest work, partly takes place in 1949 when Newfoundland, after two closely contested votes, decided to become a province of Canada rather than remain a self-governing British colony.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped up a bid for far-right votes two days before a closely-contested election, convening his cabinet in the occupied West Bank and having it approve legal status for an unauthorized outpost.
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With these election-related attacks rattling the country, Pakistanis worry about what will happen on Wednesday, when tens of millions of people go to the polls to vote in a closely contested national election that several militant groups are violently opposing.
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The announcement that a Houston-area Republican congressman is retiring has set up what could be one of the most closely contested House races in the country and provided a glimpse of how much more competitive parts of Texas have become.
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Republican Chairman Richard Burr and Democratic Vice Chairman Mark Warner also warned about the risk to future U.S. elections posed by Russia, including what is expected to be a closely contested election next month for governor of Warner's home state, Virginia.
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The week's proceedings will affect election practices in North Carolina, a state that has been closely contested in recent years and where voting rules could play a part in deciding tight elections, from local races to the 15 electoral votes for president.
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Second, the White House likely aims to force vulnerable Democrats in closely contested districts to vote either for an impeachment inquiry (and risk alienating voters opposed to impeachment) or against it (and risk alienating base Democratic voters and independents who favor impeachment).
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Second, the White House likely aims to force vulnerable Democrats in closely contested districts to vote either for an impeachment inquiry (and risk alienating voters opposed to impeachment) or against it (and risk alienating base Democratic voters and independents who favor impeachment).
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In two papers, one solo-authored and the other with Stanford's Dan Thompson, Hall looked at a number of different closely contested primaries for US House elections, in the first paper from 1980 to 2010 and the second from 2006 to 2014.
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LONDON (Reuters) - The three-month battle for GKN will be decided on Thursday when the deadline for shareholders to accept Melrose Industries' 8 billion pound ($11 billion) hostile bid expires, ending one of the most closely-contested takeover fights in Britain for years.
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While Turkey has struck PKK targets in Iraq in the past, Turkey's latest military action comes days after President Donald Trump called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him after he prevailed in a closely contested referendum that granted his presidency additional powers.
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In North Carolina, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Florida, and elsewhere, they used the 22010 census and their power in state legislatures to redraw district lines and ensure themselves almost two-thirds of the congressional seats from these otherwise competitive, closely contested swing states.
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Representatives Ted Budd and George Holding, for example, were facing closely contested races, and Democrats were even better positioned to capture a Charlotte-to-Fayetteville seat after the Republican incumbent, Robert Pittenger, lost his primary earlier this year to a lightly funded opponent.
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"Overall the findings of this poll suggest that Ohio should be closely contested next fall and that 2016 may have been just a brief blip from the state's status as one of the most competitive battleground states in the country," Jensen said.
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Winner of the 1992 title in the most closely contested championship race before the debut of the Playoff format, Kulwicki overcame a 278-point deficit in the final six races of the season to beat Bill Elliott and Allison for the championship trophy.
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U.S. S&P500 futures dropped 0.4 percent as Democrats are seen as likely to pick up a few closely-contested seats on the East Coast in the congressional elections, which is billed as a referendum on President Donald Trump's polarising style and "America First" policies.
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In a sign the election could be more closely contested than has previously been thought, YouGov said on Thursday that support for May's party stood at 43 percent, down 1 percentage from a week ago, while Labour was up 3 points on 38 percent.
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WASHINGTON — Nearly three weeks after Election Day, Hillary Clinton's campaign said on Saturday that it would participate in a recount process in Wisconsin incited by a third-party candidate and would join any potential recounts in two other closely contested states, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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A federal judge on Monday extended Florida's voter registration deadline by one day, delivering a quick legal victory to Democrats who argued that the storm had upended plans to draw more people into the political process in one of the nation's most closely contested states.
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It was perhaps the perfect way for Wawrinka to punctuate the best match of the 2019 French Open thus far, a 5-hour-9-minute slugfest against Stefanos Tsitsipas that was so closely contested that the loser actually scored one more point than the winner.
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Mr. Oren, according to court records, was eventually allowed to cast an early vote in Georgia's closely contested, and closely watched, governor's race — but only after going through what a federal judge would call "a burdensome process" that required two trips to the polls.
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For election fanatics obsessively watching the race on Tuesday, a new Silicon Valley-backed start-up called VoteCastr offered a tantalizing promise: real-time voter turnout data that could predict, throughout the day, how many votes the candidates got in seven closely contested states.
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The Horned Frogs (13-5, 4-2 in Big 12) trailed by four points after a closely contested first 453 minutes but assumed control right after halftime and eventually ran their lead to 55-40 on a layup by Bane with 7:240 remaining.
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"This has been a closely contested race from the beginning and we look forward to results being announced by the Secretary of State, and ensuring that every vote is counted in this race that has received an historic level of interest," spokeswoman Liz Johnson said.
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Jimi Matthews' comments added to concerns among opposition politicians, activists and the public that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was being used as a state propaganda tool less than four weeks from local elections that are expected to be the most closely-contested in two decades.
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But the need to go the polls again so soon after a closely contested April 9 election in which Netanyahu had claimed victory, showed a new measure of weakness by a leader in power for the past decade who has for many become the face of Israel.
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Moore, who has made his moral and religious beliefs the heart of his pitch to voters, prevailed over several Republican opponents in a closely contested primary that saw Trump, McConnell and most Senate Republicans support the incumbent who had been appointed to Sessions' seat, Luther Strange.
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But when Mr. Fulop announced that he would not run and immediately endorsed Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Sweeney followed suit, the anticipated battle sank to a simmer and the flooding of airwaves and mailboxes that usually accompanies a closely contested primary never even reached a drip.
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But the need to go the polls again so soon after a closely contested April 9 election in which Netanyahu had claimed victory, showed a new weakness in a leader who has been in power for the past decade and who has become the face of Israel for many.
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While Mr. Obama twice carried Virginia, by six percentage points in 2008 and by less than four in 2012, he won North Carolina by less than one percentage point in 2008 and then, in a more closely contested election, lost North Carolina in 913 by about two points.
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"That was completely different," he said of the closely contested race between George W. Bush and Al GoreAlbert (Al) Arnold Gore2020 Democrats release joint statement ahead of Trump's New Hampshire rally Deregulated energy markets made Texas a clean energy giant Gun safety is actually a consensus issue MORE.
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In the most important fight of his career, a rematch against the defending champion Daniel Cormier, Jones's archrival, Jones seized his moment, knocking out Cormier with a devastating left head kick and a flurry of punches three minutes into the third round of a closely contested title bout.
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Once they return to their cells in a high-security prison outside Madrid, the five lawmakers will face a choice - whether to give up their seats to a party colleague or risk being absent from what are likely to be closely contested votes, notably in a deeply fragmented lower house.
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But the need to go to the polls again so soon after a closely contested April 9 election in which Netanyahu had claimed victory, showed a new weakness in a leader who has been in power for the past decade and who has become the face of Israel for many.
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With Mr. Northam's turmoil erupting during a legislative session in an election year, Democrats and Republicans said Sunday that his fragile hold on power risked his party's policy ambitions and its aspirations for this fall, when control of both the state's legislative chambers is expected to be bitterly and closely contested.
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Now, Republicans who have seen their party torn apart by Trump's candidacy are once again faced with a familiar dilemma: Publicly abandon a badly wounded candidate who is endangering closely contested congressional races or stand behind him in the dimming hope that he can still win them the White House.
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Although there are only two GOP senators running in states that Hillary Clinton won in 2016 -- Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine -- there are a number of other Republicans running for reelection in states that were either closely contested in 2016 or that polling suggests have soured on Trump.
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While black voters are expected to overwhelmingly support the Democratic nominee again this year, if Trump is able to win over a small percentage of black voters in key states, or persuade some of them to sit out the election rather than vote against him, it could make a difference in closely contested races.
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Second, as political scientist Frances Lee has convincingly argued, because control of both chambers is now always closely contested, both parties have strong incentives to make sure they don't give the other side any potential legislative victories they can run on, and to try to draw strong contrasts between the two parties that bipartisan compromise would blur.
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Former Director of National Intelligence James ClapperJames Robert ClapperEx-CIA chief worries campaigns falling short on cybersecurity Former DHS, intelligence leaders launch group to protect presidential campaigns from foreign interference Senate braces for brawl over Trump's spy chief MORE questions that outcome, believing that targeted Russian interference swayed the vote in key and closely contested states.
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While their votes will not be counted until Election Day, registered Democrats are outperforming Republicans in key demographics and urban areas there and in North Carolina, where extensive in-person voting began late last week and which has emerged as one of the most closely contested battlegrounds for the White House and control of the Senate.
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Martha McSallyMartha Elizabeth McSallyOvernight Health Care: Ernst endorses bipartisan bill to lower drug prices | US partnering with drugmakers on coronavirus vaccine | UN chief says virus poses 'enormous' risks McSally ties Democratic rival Kelly to Sanders in new ad Ernst endorses bipartisan Grassley-Wyden bill to lower drug prices MORE (R-Ariz.) in a closely contested election in 2018.
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Whereas Kennedy's choice in the past on closely contested cases had been to vote with four conservative justices to produce a conservative victory, or with four liberals to create a liberal victory, his choice on this eight-member court was to vote with four liberals to produce a liberal outcome, or with three conservatives to produce a 4-4 split and stalemate.
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By The New York Times | Source: Colin Woodard Look at county-level maps of almost any closely contested presidential race in our history, and you see much the same fault lines: the swaths of the country first colonized by the early Puritans and their descendants — Yankeedom — tend to vote as one, and against the party in favor in the sections first colonized by the culture laid down by the Barbados slave lords who founded Charleston, S.C., or the Scots-Irish frontiersmen who swept down the Appalachian highlands and on into the Hill Country of Texas, Oklahoma and the southern tiers of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.
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