Tierney first ran for Congress in 1994 against one-term Republican incumbent Peter G. Torkildsen, having won a competitive Democratic primary with a plurality of 33. 8 percent.

A primary issue in the campaign was crime: Tierney criticized Torkildsen for his vote against a 1994 crime bill, and advocated stronger gun control, while Torkildsen criticized Tierney's positions on gun control and drug legalization.

Tierney successfully ran for Congress in 1996, defeating Torkildsen by a narrow margin and increasing his margin in a 1998 rematch.

Murray Torkildsen is a singer and songwriter based in the United Kingdom, who was a member of The Sweeney and also guitarist in John Otway's band.

Peter Gerard Torkildsen ( born January 28, 1958 ) is a former chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee and a former member of the United States House of Representatives.

Torkildsen served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1985 to 1991.

Desiring to lead the repair of a Massachusetts Republican Party, Torkildsen announced in December 2006 that he would run in the January 2007 election for State Party Chairman.

On January 17, 2007, Torkildsen defeated five opponents in his first ballot election to be chair of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee.

In March 1907, the Wanderers challenged the Thistles to a rematch.

He continued his way up the world Lightweight rankings by defeating Leonard Tavarez, Angel Robinson Garcia and Whiter ( in a rematch ) among others, but on 29 January 1970, he found his first stone on the boxing road when he challenged future world Jr. Welterweight champion Miguel Velazquez in Madrid, for the European Lightweight title.

Benton challenged Lucas to a rematch on Bloody Island with shots fired from nine feet.

On February 12, 2006, at Against All Odds, Styles and Daniels challenged Samoa Joe for the X Division Championship in a rematch of Unbreakable.

He beat Brizuela by a ten round decision in a September 16 rematch, then challenged Hector Criollo for the Venezuelan Flyweight title on October 10.

The following week, the two trios had a rematch and both El Dandy and Negro Casas challenged Santo to a hair vs. mask match.

On August 12 at Hardcore Justice, Roode unsuccessfully challenged Aries for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship, with a pre-match stipulation preventing him from getting another rematch for the title as long as Aries was champion.

Khali challenged Batista to a rematch in a Punjabi Prison Match at No Mercy in which Khali lost by failing to escape the Punjabi Prison before Batista .< ref >

This race was a rematch of the 1997 primary, when McEneny unsuccessfully challenged Jennings for the Democratic mayoral nomination.

In the first main event, The Undertaker challenged Bret Hart for the WWF Championship in a rematch from the previous month's SummerSlam event, where the Undertaker had lost the title in controversial circumstances ( this match was inexplicably removed from the VHS release, but included on the later DVD release ).

After this date, Chicago challenged Cleveland to a post-season rematch and won, setting up a repeat of 1921, when the Bears ( at that time still known as the Staleys ) were able to take the championship from Buffalo ( at the time known as the All-Americans ) using exactly the same trick.

The Act's applicability in prosecuting doctors who prescribe narcotics to addicts was successfully challenged in Linder v. United States in 1925, as Justice McReynolds ruled that the federal government has no power to regulate medical practice.

Japan has been the world leader in telecommunications in the 1980s, but this position that has been challenged by the United States ' dot-com industry in the 1990s and the emerging tiger states in Asia.

The Popular Democratic Party ( PPD ) challenged the task force's report and committed to validating the current status in all international forums, including the United Nations.

The Popular Democratic Party has challenged the Bush Administration's Task Force Reports stating that in 1953 Puerto Rico achieved a compact of association between both nations that was recognized by the United Nations.

However, this implication was challenged by the Ulster Unionists and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which was the state internationally acknowledged as having jurisdiction over Northern Ireland.

Ireland in turn challenged the proclamation in the United Kingdom of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952 as ' of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland '.

* United States, in general: The company has challenged bans and sought exemption from sidewalk restrictions in over 30 states.

With Britain at war with Napoleon, and the United States trade and neutrality challenged at sea, he tried economic warfare against them both ; however, his embargo laws did more damage to American trade and the economy.

Three Texas voters challenged the election in a federal court in Dallas and then appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where it was dismissed.

* Margaret Thatcher who had been the United Kingdom's Prime Minister since 1979 resigned as Prime Minister on 22 November 1990 after being challenged for the leadership of the Conservative Party by Michael Heseltine because of widespread opposition to the introduction of the controversial Community Charge and the fact that her key allies such as Nigel Lawson and Geoffrey Howe resigned over the deeply sensitive issues of the Maastricht Treaty and Margaret Thatcher's resistance to Britain joining the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

* The civil rights movement in the United States and the movement against apartheid in South Africa challenged racial segregation in those countries.

In the United States in the years 1959 through 1966, bans on three books with explicit erotic content were challenged and overturned.

The brand was the kit sponsor of Newcastle United football club between 1995 and 2000, during which time the team seriously challenged for the Premier League title and appeared at Wembley four times.

This law was challenged and upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1990 in Perpich v. Department of Defense.

" Their efforts resulted in the discovery of evidence that the US Government perjured itself before the United States Supreme Court in the 1944 cases Korematsu v. United States, Hirabayashi v. United States, and Yasui v. United States which challenged the constitutionality of the relocation and incarceration.

The most frequently cited example is the 1973 United States Supreme Court case of Roe v. Wade,, which challenged a Texas law forbidding abortion in most circumstances.

Along with other foreign-made works, the film's U. S. copyright was restored in 1998, but the constitutionality of this copyright extension was challenged in Golan v. Gonzales and as Golan v. Holder it was ruled that " In the United States, that body of law includes the bedrock principle that works in the public domain remain in the public domain.

In 1992, Aidid challenged the presence of United Nations and United States troops in the nation.

In the United States House of Representatives, John Bell even challenged his own party member, James K. Polk, for his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives over the issue.

In 1995, South Dakota challenged the authority of the Secretary of Interior, under the IRA, to take of land into trust on behalf of the Lower Brulé Sioux Tribe ( based on the Rosebud Indian Reservation ), in South Dakota v. United States Dep't of the Interior, 69 F. 3d 878, 881-85 ( 8th Cir.

Joseph Schlessinger's former colleagues at the Weizmann Institute, in particular Michael Sela, claimed to have come up with this concept alongside Schlessinger when they worked together there years earlier, and Yeda challenged the Aventis patent in the United States.

In the United States, O ' Mahony's presidency over the Fenian Brotherhood was being increasingly challenged by William R. Roberts.

In Bibb v. Navajo Freight Lines 359 U. S. 520, 524 ( 1959 ), the United States Supreme Court stated: ' These safety measures carry a strong presumption of validity when challenged in court.

Thurmond had based his presidential campaign largely on an explicit States ' Rights platform that challenged the Civil Rights Movement and later, the Civil Rights Act as illegally overturning the Separation of powers under the United States Constitution.

Wallis's first divorce ( in the United States on the grounds of " emotional incompatibility ") was not recognised by the Church of England and, if challenged in the English courts, might not have been recognised under English law.

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U. S. 833 ( 1992 ) was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state regulations regarding abortion were challenged.

Creoles, who were well-connected with businesses in the United States, challenged the traditional political-economic connection with Britain as trade with the United States intensified.