Sentences with phrase «historic election victory»
A former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari swept to a historic election victory in March 2015 when he became the first opposition candidate to win a Nigerian presidential poll.
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Both elections yielded historic victories for our Party.»
Eric Pickles MP returns to Crewe and Nantwich for the first time since May's historic by - election victory.
Nicola Sturgeon has joined newly - elected SNP MPs today as the party marks its historic landslide general election victory in Scotland.
Mr Salmond said: «This is a historic result for the SNP - up 10 points from the last European election - and the first time we have ever won a UK - wide election in Scotland, with a much greater margin of victory than even the Holyrood win two years ago.
If either Perez Williams or Walsh holds on to win the election, it would be an historic victory.
For Liam Byrne, the main election number cruncher backing David Miliband, the «simple fact» about 2005 is that «Labour won», with the historic 1997 New Labour coalition «sustained to carry Labour to victory once again».
Defeated in the last three elections, he achieved a historic victory in the 28 March election, becoming the first opposition candidate to defeat an incumbent.
We disagree — and not simply because it would be foolish to think Labour has nothing positive to learn from a politics which delivered the party three historic general election victories, record investment in, and the renewal of, our public services, and a decade of economic growth and prosperity.
Nigel Farage hails a historic victory as UKIP tops the polls in the European elections, with Labour second and the Lib Dems losing all but one of their seats.
The man who was succeeding him, Barack Obama, was fresh from his historic 2008 presidential election victory and had a 78 % favorable rating among Americans.
Scott Brown's historic victory in the Massachusetts special election might signal huge Republican victories and massive Democratic bloodletting up and down the ballot in November.
The Scottish National Party has recorded a historic landslide general election victory in Scotland, winning 56 out of 59 seats.
The SNP has recorded a historic landslide general election victory in Scotland, winning 56 out of 59 seats.
That power was evident June 26 and was not lost on the borough's Democratic Party leader, Rep. Joseph Crowley (D - Jackson Heights), who called the election «historic» at Meng's victory party in Bayside.