Sentences with phrase «electoral defeat gave»
In the White House, electoral defeat gave way to a shifting series of explanations: Mr. Trump's first reaction was to savage Ed Gillespie, the defeated Republican candidate for governor in Virginia, on Twitter.
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Did nobody ask whether ScoMo could really wave the deal through right now given it would spell the certain electoral defeat of Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce in New England, and a host of other Nationals in battleground seats where foreign investment is a hot - button issue?
Given what happened next, with Blair resigning the following year, Gordon Brown leading Labour to electoral defeat, Ed Miliband doing the same, and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn... does he regret that letter?
Asked why she though she was capable of defeating Theresa May, Eagle responded «because she's a Tory» — a curious response given that being a Tory hasn't proven to be much of an electoral obstacle in recent years.
Washington (CNN)- South Carolina Democrat Alvin Greene, who was soundly defeated in his attempt to unseat Sen. Jim DeMint last November, is giving electoral politics another try.
Given the history and profile of terror attacks, that would appear more plausible than Dasuki's Chatham House reason: that the armed forces, hitherto snoozing before Boko Haram, just sprang awake to face down their nemesis, with putative electoral defeat facing the president!