Sentence examples for as its nominee from inspiring English sources

By Wednesday, however, the National Republican Senatorial Committee announced that it was not only supporting O'Donnell as its nominee but also writing a check for $42,000 for her campaign.

The Democratic Party -- through a flawed system that needs repair -- has chosen Senator Barack Obama as its nominee.

The Libertarian party on Sunday selected Gary Johnson as its nominee for president, on a second ballot.

The Liberal party will put forward Stephen Parry as its nominee to replace John Hogg as Senate president in July.

WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday named Jim Yong Kim, the president of Dartmouth College and a global health expert, as its nominee to lead the World Bank.

Mr. Boughton, in his fifth two-year term, has been endorsed by the Connecticut Republican Party as its nominee for lieutenant governor.

The party is also well known for edging toward the brink of death, as its nominees must, under state election law, get 50,000 votes in each election for governor for the party to retain that ballot line in statewide elections.

As for Best Original Song, that category can sometimes lead to hot-button races as its nominees capture the emotional punch of the films and the topics they represent.

And state law treats the state party, by definition, as inseparable from its nominee, since the nominee for governor typically acts as the head of the state party as well.

After the defeat the White House picked Douglas Ginsburg, of the same federal appeals court in Washington, as its new nominee.

It was another compelling sign that the party was closing ranks around Mr. Kerry as its likely nominee.