Sentence examples for attempted to nominate from inspiring English sources
With more contortions than usual, Kelly attempted to nominate a position between these two extremes.
After he attempted to nominate an Islamist confidant as President, the office of the chief of the general staff posted a memorandum on its Web site.
Within the period specified by the bylaws, Blue Lion attempted to nominate two independent director candidates to run against the incumbent directors.
Obama attempted to nominate a replacement for DeMarco in 2010, but his choice, North Carolina Commissioner of Banks Joseph Smith Jr., was blocked by Republicans.
In the Washington case, stockholder plaintiff Blue Lion Opportunity Master Fund, L.P. (Blue Lion) attempted to nominate a competing slate of directors for the board of directors of HomeStreet, Inc. (HomeStreet), a Washington corporation.
Even if Mugabe had attempted to nominate his wife as vice president, there would have been substantial pushback from the party's old guard, which continued to control the central committee and possibly other party organs.
Some states attempt to nominate or endorse candidates through state party conventions before the primary.
There was no discussion of him, but attempts to nominate him by acclamation were drowned nays" and, finally, delegates voted to table consideration of the nomination.
The N. Y. Times says that, "Unless Republican party chiefs over-ride the clear preferences of their rank-and-file and nominate a right-wing Democrat, anti-New Deal Democrats will be faced with the choice of going along with the New Deal, attempting to nominate their own candidate, or crossing over to the Republican Party.
Kris Kobach's loss in the Kansas governor's race has generated speculation that Trump could attempt to nominate him as a replacement for Nielsen, but Kobach, Kansas's secretary of state, remains a polarizing figure whose hard-line views — especially on immigration — are considered by many observers to be too extreme to win Senate confirmation.
