With almost all the votes counted in the first round of voting, Mr Zeman has emerged as the front runner, with Mr Schwarzenberg in second place.
Mr Weber had been seen as a front runner to succeed Mr Trichet, who steps down this year.
The move sets Mr Staley up as the front-runner to take over should Mr Dimon leave or fall under a bus.
On the home turf of Governor George W. Bush, the Republican front-runner, Mr Buchanan's message drew rousing applause.
Another promising junior, DaMarcus Beasley, Mr Donovan's runner-up in New Zealand, is, for the moment, sticking with the Chicago Fire.
The front-runner remains Mr Netanyahu, but he seems likely to win with fewer than 30 seats, just one-quarter of the 120-seat Knesset.
Ms Park, 60, who is aiming to become South Korea's first female president, had been seen as the front-runner until Mr Ahn bowed out.
Mr. Romney regained his front-runner status in Florida in part by questioning Mr. Gingrich's sincerity and stability as a leader.
Yet many admitted, too, that Mr Bush was on target, especially considering that Ayman Nour, a young, secular politician who was the distant runner-up to Mr Mubarak in the 2005 presidential election, has languished in jail ever since, on flimsy charges of forgery.
But Mr Lugar is a distance runner (last week he ran in two five-kilometre races) and at 65 is still fit enough to let others dream on his behalf.
As Charlie Cook, a veteran observer of politics, remarks, if Mr Kerry, who voted against the first Iraq war, had done the same with the second one, Dr Dean would still be an asterisk now and Mr Kerry the front-runner.
Mr Singh was not a professional runner when he was young but a farmer in Punjab, India.
Mr Venizelos, the front-runner to succeed him, may have to put in a longish spell in opposition.
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Since Mr Giuliani is the front-runner for the Republican nomination, albeit a faltering one, this detail matters.
Mr Daniels said his former star runner should at last be able to enjoy her achievement in Berlin.
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First, these are undoubtedly the opinions that appealed most to the caucus-goers of Iowa when they placed him in second place behind Mr Romney, the front-runner in the nomination race.
Still, it wasn't clear whether this surge would derail the front-runner in the election, Mr. Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League.
The withdrawal of Mr Giuliani, once a front-runner himself, leaves the veteran Arizona senator facing a strong challenge from Mormon candidate Mitt Romney.
By the same token, Mr Friess's largesse is widely seen as having salvaged the campaign of Mr Santorum, the current front-runner, during a fallow period.
But the front-runner is Ernie Eves, Mr Flaherty's predecessor as finance minister, who implemented the tax and spending cuts before becoming a banker last year.
Mr Chavez's handpicked candidate Nicolas Maduro is seen as the front-runner, but recent polls said the gap between him and his rival, Mr Capriles, was narrowing.
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Should the front-runner stumble for some reason, Mr McCain is now placed to become his party's nominee.
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Several opinion polls show Mr Bush to be the early front-runner.
They still run together but the 41-year-old Mr. Blais has become the more obsessed runner and races distances beyond 10K, including the New York City Marathon.
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The state has alleged Mr. Pistorius, known as "Blade Runner" for the J-shaped artificial limbs he used on the track, fired shots through a closed bathroom door in fit of fury following an early morning argument on Feb. 14.
If so, Mr Patten has edged out a previous front-runner, Sir Alastair Goodlad.
Meanwhile, Mr. Thompson, who came within five points of beating Mr. Bloomberg in 2009, has sat back, letting Mr. de Blasio go after the front-runner.
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