Sentence examples for * the electing from inspiring English sources

(As Boss Tweed liked to say, "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating").

New York City's Boss Tweed used to say, "I don't care who does the electing, so long as I do the nominating".

To me, a campaign about more than the electing a president meant pushing Clinton left, even as Sanders maintained a completely respectful tone and did everything in his power to protect her from the coming attacks in the general election.

So Hillary then began Act Three, the electing of Madame President.

Well, the electing of congressional representatives is actually far from fair and square.

No single act, not even the electing of a president, is going to magically fix our broken system.

The children governed the town, electing their own mayor and cabinet, and voting on decisions in a two-house legislature.

The board is self-perpetuating with the board electing or re-electing the trustees.

The Buccaneers called tails and won the toss, electing to defer.

And the new electing body can't be selected until Israeli politicians can agree on how.

Shopkorn declined the offer, electing to go with the known commodity, or at least the commodity he knew.