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.