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unusual facts about runoff



1986 James Hardie 1000

He had also set his qualifying time running on Dunlop Tyres and not the Yokohama's he was required by contract to run when the television cameras were running in the runoff.

2006–07 A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Beijing, China

The 2004 DTM race around the streets of Pudong in Shanghai was hampered by crashes due to manhole covers becoming undone; the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix on the Shanghai International Circuit was interrupted when the safety car had to be deployed when a water runoff drain became open.

Adishi Glacier

The glacier feeds off of the runoff and ice flows from the adjacent glaciers that are located on the southern slopes of Tetnuldi, Gistola and Lakutsia.

Agroecosystem

An example is the National Association of Conservation Districts' Lake Mendota Watershed Project, which seeks to reduce runoff from the agricultural lands feeding into the lake with the aim of reducing algal blooms.

Aimee Allison

Allison was a Green Party of California candidate for the Oakland City Council's District Two in 2006, progressing to a runoff election with incumbent Council member Pat Kernighan.

Anthony Imperiale

Imperiale ran for Mayor of Newark in 1974 against incumbent Kenneth Gibson, but lost a runoff with 43.7% of the vote.

Arboretum Creek

It also receives runoff from Rhododendron Glen and the Woodland Garden, as well as sub-surface drainage from the neighboring course of the Broadmoor Golf Club.

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Kelly is a perennial candidate and was the Democratic nominee in 2000 after beating out Charles Gandy in a runoff.

Billy Tauzin III

Tauzin bested a crowded field in the primary and faced Democratic challenger Charlie Melancon, a long-time lobbyist for the sugar cane industry, in the runoff.

Carmen Trutanich

In 2009, Trutanich won the runoff election and replaced Rocky Delgadillo as Los Angeles' City Attorney by defeating Jack Weiss and winning the 2009 Los Angeles City Attorney Election on May 19, 2009.

Coalition to Reduce Spending

In Georgia's 9th Congressional District, both Doug Collins and Martha Zoller signed Reject the Debt, with Doug Collins going on to win the runoff and the general election.

Dolores River

In high-runoff years, the section from Bradfield Ranch near Cahone, Colorado down to Slickrock, Colorado, offers scenery, camping, and rapids for inflatables and kayaks.

Dorothy Tillman

As a result, Tillman stood in a runoff election against challenger Pat Dowell.

In April 2007, she was defeated in a runoff election by challenger Pat Dowell.

Environmental liability directive

Firewater is the runoff when you have a fire, this is a cocktail of water, foam and whatever you were storing.

Floyd D. Culbertson, Jr.

The position was decided in a runoff in which Arthur M. Wallace defeated Minden attorney Graydon K. Kitchens, Sr., a native of Stamps, Arkansas, who was reared in La Salle Parish and was a former law partner of future Governor Robert F. Kennon and later a Kennon appointee to the Louisiana Tax Commission.

French legislative election, 1993

However, only two ecologists qualified for the runoff, including Dominique Voynet in her constituency in the Doubs département.

Fritz Schramma

In a runoff vote, he won election on 17 September 2000 against Anke Brunn (Social Democrats), who was nominated by her party only a short time ahead of the vote.

Gene Mason Sports Complex

A natural vegetation buffer exists along the Potomac River frontage, acting as a stormwater runoff filter and component of the Potomac River Greenway.

George Wallace, Jr.

In 1986, Wallace was elected Alabama State Treasurer, narrowly winning the Democratic Party primary and runoff over Jim Zeigler and facing no opposition in the general election.

Georgia's 4th congressional district election, 2006

Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University in Atlanta, expressed a similar sentiment, "An incumbent who is forced into a runoff is a serious sign of weakness.

Gwendolyn M. Miller

During the March 27, 2007 runoff election, Miller defeated Joe Redner in a heated contest for council chairperson.

History of the Republic of Egypt

The first free presidential elections were held in March–June 2012, with a final runoff between former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik and Muslim Brotherhood parliamentarian Mohamed Morsi.

Independence of irrelevant alternatives

Polls leading up to the election suggested that, had the runoff been Edwin Edwards v Buddy Roemer, Roemer would have won.

James C. Smith

In 1986, he ran for Governor, but narrowly lost the Democratic runoff to liberal state Representative Steve Pajcic.

Jasb Rural District

The valley itself is fed by the solitary Azna river which receives most of its water from the runoff of surrounding Qanats; the valley is surrounded by mountains which form a U-Shaped range, the highest peak is the Kuh-e-Velijeya rising to 3233 metres (10604 feet).

Keith Leftwich

He started his public political career in 1978 by running for a State Representative seat in South Oklahoma City (then District 91), losing in the Democratic runoff election to Charles Gray, who won the general election.

Linda Stewart

In a crowded four candidate race that included Matthew Falconer and fellow Commissioners Teresa Jacobs and Bill Segal, Stewart placed third with 19% of the vote, losing to Jacobs and Segal and failing to qualify for the runoff election, which Jacobs would later win in a landslide.

Lobos Creek

It runs from runoff in the Presidio and Seacliff areas and underground seepage from springs that form Mountain Lake to the Pacific Ocean marking the division between Baker Beach and China Beach.

Malagasy general election, 2013

The presidential elections in December were a runoff between Jean Louis Robinson and Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the top two candidates to emerge from the first round of voting in October.

Marcelo Crivella

But, in the last week, he was superseded by Denise Frossard, the candidate of the PPS, and Crivella declined to participate in the runoff election.

Markus Buchart

Buchart criticized a water safety bill introduced by Steve Ashton in 2004, arguing that while it would provide for effective testing, it would not prevent waste-runoff from entering the water system in the first place.

Molecular-weight size marker

In comparison to runoff transcription, the synthetic circle method produces RNA oligonucleotides without the runoff.

Monocacy River

Some farmers in the Monocacy watershed participate in the national Conservation Security Program operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), designed to help stem pollution due to erosion and pollutant runoff from farming.

Naomi Gonzalez

Gonzalez defeated seven-term incumbent Norma Chávez in the 2010 Democratic primary runoff to capture a seat in the Texas House, capitalizing on a series of high-profile controversies surrounding Chávez.

New Zealand general election, 1908

The Second Ballot Act 1908 provided for second or runoff ballots between the top two candidates where the top candidate did not get an absolute majority.

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

It is also responsible for maintaining the quality of water that is released into public waterways including Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River, both from stormwater runoff and sanitary sewage.

Olivier Henno

In 2005, Olivier Henno created the surprise in a by-election where he managed to place former UMP deputy and former minister Marc-Philippe Daubresse in a difficult runoff.

Roff

It was a Unix version of the runoff text-formatting program from Multics, which was a descendant of RUNOFF for CTSS (the first computerized text-formatting application).

Ruth Messinger

During her 1997 campaign, she was nearly forced into a Democratic primary runoff with Reverend Al Sharpton, but avoided it by receiving 40% of the vote during a recount.

San Francisco Board of Supervisors elections, 2000

Incumbent supervisor Alicia Becerril was defeated in the general election, with Aaron Peskin winning the runoff against Lawrence Wong.

Scott Beason

In 1998, won the primary runoff in Alabama's House District 51 against State Representative Jim Townsend with 53% of the vote.

SPAWN

SPAWN’s water conservation program is focused on reducing the impacts of stormwater runoff on local streams and ensuring adequate in stream flow and spawning and rearing habitat for coho salmon and steelhead in the Lagunitas Creek.

Stock tank

These tanks are filled either by a pump, windmill, creek, spring, or even rely on runoff water from rain or melting snow.

Texas gubernatorial election, 1974

Frances Farenthold, former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Nueces and Kleberg counties from 1969-1973; ran unsuccessfully for Governor in 1972 Democratic primary runoff

The Times-Picayune

In the mayoral race of 2006, The Times-Picayune endorsed right-leaning Democrat Ron Forman in the primary election and Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu in the runoff.

Tina Park

She was elected as trustee in the runoff election held on May 19, 2009 over incumbent Angela J. Reddock, garnering 168,367, or approximately 54%, of the votes.

US Microbics

Robinson’s application of microbic technology for the hospitality industry ranged from the pioneering cleanout of the fuel holding tanks on the RMS Queen Mary during its "transplant" as a Long Beach tourist attraction in the 70’s, to the grease trap maintenance for odor and grease buildup at the world famous Pea Soup Anderson Restaurant (in Buellton, California), to the Buellton Wild Animal Park’s odor and runoff control.

Vicky Brago-Mitchell

She won the preliminary election, but lost to eventual Earth Day national coordinator Denis Hayes in a two person runoff election.

Vuk Drašković

Despite a polished marketing campaign that saw Drašković change his personal appearance and tone down his fiery rhetoric, he ended up with only 4.5% of the total vote, well behind Vojislav Koštunica (31.2%) and Miroljub Labus (27.7%), both of whom moved on to the second-round runoff.


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