Regardless of which one you prefer, it's a close contest.
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And I had a very, very close contest with President Obama.
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Recent polls show a close contest that tilts slightly toward Bredesen.
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Still, Modi is facing what looks like an increasingly close contest.
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Beto O'Rourke of Texas, who lost in a close contest to GOP Sen.
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A lawyer for Nelson is also predicting a recount in the close contest.
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Najib is expected to retain power, but analysts are predicting a close contest.
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Recent surveys have shown a surprisingly close contest in the normally reliable Republican state.
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Thus, elections become a close contest for those few swing voters in the middle.
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Thus it only matters in a close contest, say within a two-point margin.
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But any additional support will be important in the event of a close contest.
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Prevailing in the close contest means mobilizing key constituencies for both Saccone and Lamb.
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Mr. O'Malley, a former Maryland governor, could prove influential in a close contest between Mrs.
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The fear is a close contest could spark accusations of vote-rigging and street protests.
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In a very close contest, Kocian took the silver in the women's uneven bars finals.
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Delgado is a first-term congressman and defeated a Republican incumbent in a close contest.
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Polling currently shows a very close contest between the two, with Ossoff leading in some surveys.
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Republicans will spend about $7.5 million in Nevada, where there is a close contest between Rep.
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Clinton was projected the winner in Mississippi, with early polls showing a close contest in Michigan.
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"I would only vote for Hillary in the event of a very close contest," Humphrey said.
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Voters cast 311,422 ballots in the close contest between the embattled governor and a conservative lightning rod.
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Still, recent polling shows an exceptionally close contest for this special election — perhaps within a few points.
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A judge who scored the close contest, 118-133, for Álvarez came in for particularly withering criticism.
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Even so, a cash advantage can go a long way in determining who wins a close contest.
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Though the race has not been officially called, Republican Troy Balderson has claimed victory in that close contest.
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They survived a close contest against the Philadelphia Eagles for their third Super Bowl win in four years.
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What began as a gambit to hold together his divided Tory party is turning into an alarmingly close contest.
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Read more: I compared Burger King's new $1 taco against Taco Bell — and it was not a close contest
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A close contest in Washington served as an indictment of his ability even to hold on to his base.
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Dragon: A Close Contest, but the Fire-Breather Wins (20113) On Language: "Muggles" (2001) Harry Potter's Sorcerer Lived Here!
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The touchdowns gave Virginia Tech a more comfortable cushion after a close contest for much of the first two quarters.
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But the lingering resistance to Clinton may sap her of votes in what could prove a close contest with Trump.
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Just like four years earlier, some on the left advance the theory that a close contest was stolen from the Democrat.
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Clinton's rival for the party's nomination, Senator Bernie Sanders, had requested a recount in the razor-close contest earlier this week.
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In the wake of a close contest, some have said Facebook's lax attitude toward hoaxes swung the election to Donald Trump.
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Political pundits are predicting a close contest, with scheduled referendums on legalizing cannabis and euthanasia expected to be distracting and divisive.
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The Clinton campaign is making a concerted push in Arizona, a reliably red state where polls show a surprisingly close contest.
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Not universally, but with sufficient wiggle room to say there was potential for a miss, especially in such a close contest.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative government is facing a close contest with the social-democratic Australian Labor Party, led by Bill Shorten.
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In the event of a close contest, even one that narrows due to events outside either candidates' control, they will need an outlet.
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On first glance, the mixed information presents a close contest, unbeknownst who actually holds the advantage in the pivotal weeks before the election.
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Clinton edged out Sanders earlier this week in "a historically close" contest during the Iowa Democratic primary caucuses, 49.6 percent to 49.4 percent.
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The N.C.A.A. men's basketball final on Monday night looks like a close contest; some people are picking Virginia, while others like Texas Tech.
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First-time congressional candidate Lucy McBath has pulled off a victory in a close contest in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District, unseating incumbent Republican Rep.
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A close contest in Virginia would bode poorly for Democrats, as election forecasters consider Warner safer next year than several of his Democratic colleagues.
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The poll's finding of a close contest on immigration is similar to a survey taken toward the end of the last partial government shutdown.
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A New York Times/Siena College poll of Iowa released Friday showed a close contest, with Biden in fourth place at 22020% behind Sen.
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But that trend stopped with President Barack Obama, who lost there in a close contest in 2008 and by a wider margin in 2012.
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Polls are predicting another incredibly close contest this time around, with SNP incumbent Stephen Gethins neck-and-neck with Liberal Democrat challenger, Wendy Chamberlain.
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North Dakota's race is an unusually close contest between two of the state's heavyweights: Cramer, its lone congressman, and incumbent Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp.
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Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton are in a close contest for Nevada's six electoral votes in Tuesday's election after a long and contentious campaign.
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Those allegations have turned the December 212 special election in the reliably Republican Alabama into a close contest between Moore and Democratic nominee Doug Jones.
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Polls in North Carolina and Virginia point to a close contest, with Sanders or Biden positioned to win depending on how late-breaking voters decide.
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So when he went up against Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Sunday, there didn't seem to be much hope that it would be a close contest.
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Kentucky, which next plays at Vanderbilt on Saturday, ensured another close contest against Texas A&M as it only made 22 of 34 free-throw attempts.
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It will likely be a close contest — Ossoff lost the district, which includes parts of the Atlanta suburbs, despite receiving more than $30 million from Democrats.
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They got a version of that Tuesday: a John Kasich win in Ohio and a nail-bitingly close contest between Trump and Ted Cruz in Missouri.
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The poll's findings are consistent with several others that have Trump in the top position, followed by Cruz and Rubio in a close contest for second.
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If the close contest persists, that probably keeps all four top candidates politically alive for subsequent races in New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina next month.
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We still need to see if this is more like 2000, a close contest in a polarized era, or 1980 where we see a realignment take place.
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A Quinnipiac University poll last month showed a close contest, with Strickland receiving 44 percent support to Portman's 42 percent, in line with surveys from recent months.
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A recent CNN poll had Senator Bill Nelson, the Democrat, slightly ahead, while other polls show a very close contest between Mr. Nelson and the Republican, Gov.
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North Carolina has drawn national attention due to Ross's fundraising prowess and lead in the polls, as well as the state's close contest at the presidential level.
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The Democratic primary for one of New York's Senate seats was a close contest between Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a diplomat and former White House aide, and Rep.
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Montreal would be happy to be involved in a close contest after being trounced 221-22 in Columbus on Friday for its first regulation loss of the season.
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The Irish seemingly pulled away with 14 straight points, part of a 20-19863 run that turned what had been a close contest into a one-sided affair.
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In a close contest, those that disagree with the decision will often blame the referee for the outcome, citing a general incompetence, or in more extreme cases, corruption.
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Still, as we near the close of the primary season, Hillary Clinton has somehow succeeded in turning the election into a close contest that she could conceivably lose.
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Partly for that reason, political handicappers envision a potentially close contest between him and Garrett, who got at least 55 percent of the vote in 2010 and 2012.
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Edward G. Rendell, a former mayor of Philadelphia and Democratic governor, offers insight into what could still be a close contest if the Trump campaign does not implode.
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Three leading candidates made the rounds at the regional conferences, but recent polling has showed a close contest between two of them, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Friedrich Merz.
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Republican former U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis is facing off against Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democrat seeking to become the state's first black governor, in another close contest.
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But a report in The Washington Post in which four women accused Mr. Moore of sexually harassing or abusing them as teenagers turned the race into a close contest.
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The Democrats use a proportional system of allocating delegates, which means a close contest between Clinton and Sanders in California would result in a near even split of pledged delegates.
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With both sides coming into the game off the back of seven successive Eurobasket victories, a close contest was expected, but Slovenia blew the Spaniards away in the second half.
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Mr. Cruz is desperately trying to catch up with Donald J. Trump in the race for delegates and Mr. Walker's support could offer a needed boost in a close contest.
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The Cornhuskers (21-224) led just 217-234 at the end of the third quarter but exploded for a 373-237 fourth to turn a close contest into a blowout.
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With less than eight weeks until Election Day, the two candidates are locked in a close contest in which the challenge from third-party candidates may make a difference. Mrs.
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The opposition party lost to Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party in local elections in June, but it did well enough to increase expectations of a close contest in the 2018 vote.
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While he draws considerably less support than Clinton or Trump, the backing of Johnson voters could prove even more crucial to Clinton and Trump, who are now in a close contest.
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His Cambodian People's Party won local elections in June, but the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) also did well, increasing expectations of a close contest in the coming general election.
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Democrat Stacey Abrams lost the gubernatorial race in Georgia in a close contest in 2018, and Democrats are also emboldened by new residents flocking to the state and rising voter engagement.
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They say the close contest — Lipinski won by only 2 points against Newman, a virtual unknown — is evidence that embracing progressive values is the Democrats' surest route back to the majority.
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In recent weeks, Georgia has attracted national attention for a number of measures and practices that voting rights advocates say are aimed squarely at decreasing minority turnout in a close contest.
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The top Senate Republican, Mitch McConnell, expressed confidence in Trump's chances in November, citing new state polls in several swing states showing a close contest between the GOP nominee and Hillary Clinton.
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Hoosier State: The next close contest for the GOP is Indiana on May 298, which looks to be a toss-up, with Trump at 289% and Cruz at 285% odds to win.
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The most recent major national poll from The Economist and YouGov showed an extremely close contest, with Biden at 22 percent support, only just shading Sanders (19 percent) and Warren (18 percent).
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Now Mr. James hopes he will get the chance to pull off in the general election what he has done in the primary: turn a lopsided race into a very close contest.
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The Wolfpack broke open a close contest with an 11-2 run early in the second half, taking a 42-31 lead on a 3-pointer by Bryce with 103:45 remaining.
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New Delhi, India (CNN)India is just weeks away from general elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party facing what looks like an increasingly close contest.
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Stacey Abrams, who lost a close contest for governor in Georgia, and who has the diary schedule of someone who is running for something, has said she will not stand for the Senate.
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I love the building tension of the final moments of a close contest, or watching someone at the absolute pinnacle of their profession expressing and demonstrating their mastery in the most incredible ways.
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Those delayed results showed Buttigieg locked in a close contest with Bernie Sanders but still atop the primary pack, achieving 27 percent of the state delegate count with 62 percent of precincts reporting.
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One of these tools can, like an x-ray of a bone fracture, in a matter of minutes show the unambiguous outcome of a close contest cast on hundreds of thousands of ballots.
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Buhari faces a close contest against Atiku to lead a country that has Africa's largest economy and is its top oil producer, but is plagued by corruption and wide gaps between rich and poor.
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Still, the controversy ate away yet another news cycle in a dwindling number of them before the Iowa caucuses, in which Mr. Trump is in a close contest with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.
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"It's potentially significant if it's going to be a close contest between him and Joe Biden in Michigan," said Wa'el Alzayat, CEO of Emgage, a major Muslim political action committee that has endorsed Sanders.
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But the fact it came down to a close contest at all should leave the Republican Party deeply worried about 50's midterm elections, and considering the damage potentially inflicted upon it by President Trump.
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"As we near the close of the primary season, Hillary Clinton has somehow succeeded in turning the election into a close contest that she could conceivably lose," wrote Thomas Edsall in The New York Times.
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That low opinion of Mrs Clinton perhaps makes it even likelier that Republicans will maintain their control of the Senate, another close contest, which has the potential to doom a Clinton presidency from the outset.
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Instead of focusing on state elections, Democrats are obsessing over the presidency, as if losing a really close contest (while winning more votes) indicates they need to scrap their whole approach rather than tweak it.
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Polls have shown a close contest between Blackburn, a longtime member of Congress who has run as a staunch Trump supporter, and Bredesen, a two-term governor who last won a statewide election in 2006.
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The Democrat Pat Brown won a close contest for attorney general in 19583, thanks to a last-minute contribution from a Republican, Norton Simon, that funded billboards called "Our Choice," pairing Brown's face with Warren.
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MIDTERM 2018 MATCH-UPS But this year, Beto O' Rourke turned a Senate race into a surprisingly close contest by raising over $60 million — far outpacing his opponent, the 2016 Republican presidential candidate, Ted Cruz.
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In the political battleground of Virginia, polls show a close contest between Democrat Ralph Northam, the state's lieutenant governor, and Republican Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman who has been endorsed by Trump.
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Absent unrealistic expectations, the close contest between Ossoff, a 30-year-old first-time candidate who did not actually live in the district, and Handel, a powerful state official, would be recognized as ominous for Republicans.
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Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, and a record fifth term in office, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority, despite a close contest against his main centrist challenger.
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Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota losing her Senate seat in a close contest with Republican Kevin Cramer, multiple news outlets have projected that Republicans will hold their control of the U.S. Senate, which was the expected outcome.
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The West African major commodity exporter will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in December 2020, in a vote that will be a close contest between Akufo-Addo's New Patriotic Party and the main opposition National Democratic Congress.
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Doug Jones's December victory in the Alabama Senate race demonstrated how crucial black voters are to Democrats: In that close contest, African-Americans, 21994 percent of whom voted for Jones, made up 22006 percent of the electorate.
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Anticipating it will make only ¥610 billion ($5.49 billion) of mobile sales for the entire fiscal 2018, Sony is now in a close contest with HTC for the title of being the least relevant global Android device vendor.
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The early voting in the runoff left neither party feeling comfortable and has aides on both sides forecasting a close contest Tuesday -- even as Republicans celebrated turnout that is approaching presidential election levels in the conservative-leaning district.
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The Swedes broke open a close contest when they scored four in the fourth end to jump in front 6-1 and continued to pile on the pressure before the Swiss waved the white flag after eight ends.
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Nonpartisan election analysis sites view it as a close contest that currently favors Wild: Cook Political Report and Inside Elections rate it as a district that leans Democratic, while Sabato's Crystal Ball lists it as a toss-up.
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The Iowa Democratic Party announced the final tally on Tuesday afternoon, though its results as of Monday evening showed that even with a small percentage of votes outstanding, Sanders had no path to overtake Clinton in the close contest.
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — After an extraordinarily close contest, Google's artificially intelligent Go-playing computer system has beaten Lee Sedol, one of the world's top players, in the first game of their historic five-game match at Seoul's Four Seasons hotel.
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A consortium comprising Capricorn Energy, a subsidiary of Britain's Cairn Energy, and Citla Energy won a close contest to secure the ninth shallow water oil and gas block put up for auction on Monday, Mexico's oil regulator said.
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KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Malaysia's decision to hold a midweek general election will discourage millions of citizens living abroad from voting, which could favor Prime Minister Najib Razak in a close contest, civil rights groups and opposition lawmakers said on Friday.
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Buhari, a former military ruler who was later elected president in 2015, faces a close contest against Atiku to lead a country that has Africa's largest economy and is its top oil producer, but is plagued by corruption and insecurity.
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"In a close contest between two coalitions it is not unusual for a leader of the losing team to try to entice members from the other side," said Adib Zalkapli, a Kuala Lumpur-based analyst with risk consultancy Vriens & Partners.
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Few would have given Dzienski a fighting chance in the man-versus-machine battle up six floors, but the 26-year-old defied all expectations to climb up a specially designed wall and pip the elevator in a close contest.
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Across a broad stretch of the district, seemingly every other home has a sign in the front yard reflecting an association with different political parties, a striking visual indication that it will likely be a close contest all the way to Election Day.
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The close contest heading into the fall underscores Clinton's vulnerabilities on trust and honesty -- and her need to summon a relentless and efficient ground game, even if many of her voters are fueled more by revulsion toward Trump than excitement about her.
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In a close contest, the cheesecake was crowned the champion over the cheesesteak—eat it, Philadelphia—but ultimately the spread from Philadelphia won out by a slight margin, which, we all know, was a fixed result that was later confirmed by an organizer.
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Until Hillary Clinton was named the Democrats' presumptive nominee on Monday night, the potentially close contest between the former secretary of state and Bernie Sanders forced both candidates to start spending money in a state where no one expected much campaigning, especially this early.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secured a clear path to re-election on Wednesday, and a record fifth term in office, with religious-rightist parties set to hand him a parliamentary majority, despite a close contest against his main centrist challenger, a vote tally showed.
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's opposition party has ruled out a post-election deal with the party of Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters, setting the stage for a close contest at the polls this year as both major parties may struggle to form a government.
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Clinton IT staffer intends to take the Fifth in upcoming deposition In an attempt to lower the stakes in California, the Clinton campaign has instructed surrogates to say that they "expect" California to be a close contest, but to downplay its importance in picking the eventual nominee.
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Inside, Mr. Trump offered muted praise for Representative Marsha Blackburn, a Republican locked in a close contest with Phil Bredesen, a Democrat and former Tennessee governor, for the Senate seat held by the retiring Bob Corker, a Republican who has often been critical of Mr. Trump.
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Here are five takeaways from South Carolina's Democratic primary: Clinton's going national It was a bumpy ride through the early states -- but Clinton's firewall of minority support held, helping her seal a close contest in Nevada and then turn South Carolina into her first dominant win of the 2016 race.
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The council district there, the 43rd, saw a close contest between Justin Brannan, a former Democratic political aide to the outgoing councilman and a punk rock guitarist, and John F. Quaglione, a Republican who has spent most of his career working for the local state senator, Martin J. Golden, the only State Senate Republican from Brooklyn.
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Mike Cuzzi, Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaDick Cheney to attend fundraiser supporting Trump reelection: report Forget conventional wisdom — Bernie Sanders is electable 2020 Democrats fight to claim Obama's mantle on health care MORE's deputy New Hampshire director in 2008, argued the close contest in Iowa was a wash for the two candidates in that it failed to deliver a meaningful victory to either side.
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Barbara LeeBarbara Jean LeeOvernight Health Care: Planned Parenthood to leave federal family planning program absent court action | Democrats demand Trump withdraw rule on transgender health | Cummings, Sanders investigate three drug companies for 'obstructing' probe Democrats demand Trump officials withdraw rule on transgender health House Democratic leadership member backs impeachment inquiry MORE (D-Calif.), a liberal institution and feminist trailblazer, for the party chairmanship in 28503 — a razor-close contest that led to charges from Lee and some of her closest allies that ageism and sexism were at play.
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Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 1994 crime law authored by Biden Sanders leads Democratic field in Colorado poll MORE (D-Calif.) leads a new poll of 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls in her home state, edging out former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 21625 crime law authored by Biden Panel: Jill Biden's campaign message MORE in a close contest.
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