For those who are picking a champion, race often seems to play a role.

Some Democrats are surprised by how this race seems to be turning out.

In the face of human isolation, race seemed to retreat a little.

Still, race never seems far from the calculus of the campaign.

He quickly opened up a time gap of over a minute, and the race seemed to be decided.

The race between these two Democrats seems close, political professionals say.

But the race does not seem to be close.

That is what happened last week, just when the race for the Democratic nomination seemed fully under way.

But the place and race do not seem to matter much these days.

This race had seemed to love the working parts of something left right out in plain sight.