contenders
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At the Bulwark, Sarah Longwell notes that a recent New York Times/Siena poll found El-Sayed with support from 8% of 2024 Trump voters, better than more moderate Democratic Senate contenders in Maine and New Hampshire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
And with that, he believes the Lakers can be championship contenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Three of the teams who remain unbeaten are regular play-off contenders.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
“In my view, those are the two leading contenders to get to commercial advantage first,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The two biggest were poster-sized campaign portraits of the presidential contenders in this fall’s election, Judge Alton B. Parker and President Theodore Roosevelt, framed.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
