No one wins a hard-fought race for governor by promising, publicly at least, that important state jobs will be handed out to key political supporters.
McCracken won 40% in a hard-fought Democratic race that received much less attention.
After a close, hard-fought race, he lost to David Minge.
A hard-fought race for an Assembly seat is being waged to determine the answer.
Long, hard-fought races for leadership jobs have been the rule since the early 1980's.
For New York, the timing has the potential to throw a major complication into what is expected to be a hard-fought race.
Gov. Bill Graves, who was in a hard-fought race four years ago, has no opponent.
The House also decided today to raise the spending ceiling in hard-fought races.
Some of the most hard-fought races this primary season were for the State Senate seats.
Not necessarily, given the potential arithmetic of a hard-fought three-way Presidential race.