Sentences with phrase «to win the nomination»
"To win the nomination" means to be chosen or selected as the official candidate for a specific position or role, usually in politics. It's a way of proving oneself to be the most suitable or preferred choice among a group of competitors. Full definition
Maybe winning the nomination for attorney general would be a lot easier than the spot for the top job.
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You can't win the nomination of one of the major parties in our country if you admit that the scientists are right?
Since 1988, the early Republican front - runner went on to win the nomination in three of the five open primary campaigns.
To win the nomination at the convention, a candidate must secure at least 50 percent of the vote from the 450 - plus state committee members.
If he does win the nomination he'll have a lot of scrambling to do as he moves back to the center.
She easily surpassed the 35 percent threshold she needed to win the nomination outright and avoid a convention.
Now let's take a look at the Republican candidates and their odds to win the nomination over the past five weeks.
They said he'd never win the nomination, so I didn't worry too much.
Whoever wins the nomination of one or more of these parties is automatically on that party's line on the ballot.
To win the nomination at the convention, a candidate must secure at least 50 percent of the vote.
But he plans to vote for him in the general election if Trump wins the nomination, he said.
After winning the nomination in October, Alexander elected to also seek the Peace and Freedom Party nomination.
It appears that no matter who wins the nomination on April 12, the voters of Calgary - Signal Hill will still lose.
With this encomium to Rick's virtue that seem like a campaign elegy, I don't mean to write off his chances for ultimately winning the nomination as the primary season goes on (though I think the chances are doubtful at best).
Fact, not only can Rick Santorum win the nomination he can win the White House.
You can't win the nomination of one of our major parties if you admit that the scientists are right.»
Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Republican and Conservative party leaders almost immediately responded with announcement reaffirming their support for Randy Altschuler, who won the nomination last year and went on to lose to Mr. Bishop by 593 votes out of nearly 200,000 in November.
«If Hillary wins the nomination, Hillary is mainstream enough that Mike would have no chance, and Mike's not going to go on a suicide mission.»
Since winning the nomination, Cuomo has tamped down his rhetoric saying he's focsed on closing out the legislative session this week.
When Hillary Clinton won the nomination as the Democratic Party's presidential candidate in July 2016, she celebrated her victory speech with words that foreshadowed her campaign message: Tonight, we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president... When any barrier falls in America, for anyone, it clears the way for everyone.
If Obama wins the nomination he needs to balance the ticket with an experienced candidate.
«Steve was a staffer who worked for me after I had already won the nomination by defeating 17 candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican party,» Trump said in the statement.
But while not ruling out DeFrancisco winning the nomination, one prominent Republican county chairman said that «he's not even close to closing the sale,» calling the senator a «creature of Albany for 26 years.»
Mathematically, Sanders can not win the nomination without that support.
«If Jowell wins the nomination, Goldsmith will use her support for Heathrow against her and she will lose.»
On Feb. 7, Killian won the nomination in a vote by Republican district leaders over candidate Dan Schorr, a former inspector general in Yonkers and previous candidate for Westchester district attorney.
Lazio, though he lost the GOP primary to Paladino, had already won the nomination for the Conservative Party, and his name will be on the ballot on its line — that is, unless GOP pressure for him to cede it to Paladino succeeds.
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo won the nomination of the Working Families Party at its convention Saturday night — but only after promising to help Democrats take back real control of the Senate...
Cuomo had been banking on the unions — whose leaders have praised him for pushing things like a $ 15 minimum wage and paid family leave — to help him once again win the nomination.
Openly gay incumbents Rosie Mendez (D - 2nd), Daniel Dromm (D - 25th) Jimmy van Bramer (D - 26th) also won nomination for reelection Tuesday.
His wife, past Wildrose candidate Shannon Stubbs, won the nomination late last week.
As one famous example, Jesse Ventura openly supported Libertarian candidate in 2012 after Romney won the nomination for Republican presidency.
Outoing Rep. Richard Hanna says he won't support Donald Trump, even if his fellow New York Republican wins the nomination in the 2016 presidential race.
His ticketmate, Onorato, may be lagging a bit, but campaign spokesman Brian Herman said winning the nomination last month will bring him up to speed quickly.
Mr. Colton would also face long odds to even win the nomination from Mr. Cusick, a current favorite, or Mr. McMahon.
Santorium winning the nomination would be the greatest gift the Democratic Party has ever received.
All three of the latter ran against sitting presidents and Goldwater and McGovern won the nomination by appealing to the outer fringes of their respective parties.
Now that looks like Romney is going to win the nomination CNN started already the negative campaign favoring his candidate.
Amy Coney Barrett won her nomination to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — despite claims that she was too Catholic to be able to apply the law properly.
Republicans will field a weak candidate this year, whichever wins the nomination.
And while his odds of winning the nomination dropped from +1000 to +1600 at BetOnline following the debate, his odds of winning the presidency actually improved from +4000 to +3000 at Bovada.
Since New York, she has gone from -5,000 to -2,500 to win the nomination while her 2016 odds have slipped from -340 to -275.
After a dramatic morning, it was only as Westminster heard Big Ben strike noon that Corbyn won the nomination of his 35th Labour MP.
We're looking at winning this nomination process well before we get to the convention in Cleveland.
Kerry won the nomination with 325,890 votes (29 %) to Murphy's 286,378 (25.48 %), Rotondi's 228,086 (20.29 %), Nickinello's 150,829 (13.42 %) and Pines» 132,734 (11.81 %).