Two prime contenders for better funding are programs to give disadvantaged children a better start in life and repair the nation's infrastructure.

He emerged alongside Alemán as a prime contender for the presidency in 1946.

This positioned Primakov as the prime contender for the presidency and the head of a powerful party of power.

Sales, marketing and customer service are prime contenders.

The prime contender at the moment seems an unlikely choice: cable.

She'd be a prime contender, too, except for the Howie shooting.

The drivers were prime contenders for the 2000 and 2001 championships, with Harvick beating Green out in the latter year.

That soon singled him out as a prime contender for Alexander Alekhine's world championship.

Had the plan gone forward, which it did not, Magellan Health would have been a prime contender for such a contract.

Brazil, a three-time champion, is a prime contender to win the title again.