Sentence examples for allowed incumbent from inspiring English sources

Bin Hammam's withdrawal from the presidential race allowed incumbent Sepp Blatter to be returned unopposed  as head of football's governing body.

Several people I talked to last night named names, promising to call to account those they say stood idly by and allowed incumbent Jeanne Kaplan – who has tried to slow the pace of change – to run unopposed and to nurture a slate of union-backed candidates, two of whom prevailed.

Collective deliberation allowed incumbents to obtain and synthesize disparate perspectives and pieces of information on the aspirant's performance.

Beyond moderating the Senate's ideological stance on crucial issues, the chamber's Republican leaders have also sent tens of millions of dollars into competitive districts, thereby allowing incumbent senators to take credit for popular projects.

Liberal party sources say one reform option would be to phase in plebiscites through an opt-in system, a form of grandfathering, that would allow incumbent MPs to determine whether they wanted to open the field or not.

Miller has shaken up Republican politics in Alaska before, and the fear was that he would do it again by continuing on as an independent, splitting the conservative vote and allowing incumbent Begich to sail to victory.

Will we maintain accountability, oversight and the rule of law while aggressively pursuing terrorists, or will we allow incumbent politicians to trade away our rights to increase their own power?

Direct sales will allow incumbent carmakers not only to control its brand experience; it also translates into a lower per-unit cost of sales once volume starts to pick up.

Some favored allowing incumbents to run for office under existing law.

The groups say the process allows incumbents to be re-elected with little competition.

What this does is allows incumbents to build up lots of dough and try to reposition themselves".