Sentence examples for backed the candidate from inspiring English sources
In 2006, three-quarters of those of its members who actually voted backed the candidate their union endorsed.
In terms of key appointments, Trump's win presents an opportunity for a cadre of loyalists who backed the candidate when few others would.
Fifty-two percent of voters said they backed the candidate who would bring change, and Mr. Obama won 51percentt of their support.
With growth fragile and petrol prices soaring, the economy is Barack Obama's gaping weak spot, and Republican primary voters have backed the candidate best equipped to exploit it.Yet it is very far from clear what they are getting.
Russia backed the candidate who failed to win a a clear victory over a candidate seen as more sympathetic to Georgia, which has never given up its claim to Abkhazia.
Singer Willie Nelson, basketball player LeBron James, comedian Chelsea Handler and actress Connie Britton have also backed the candidate.
A "super PAC" backing the candidate released a video on Thursday declaring that he was the victim of a "high-tech lynching" like that of Justice Clarence Thomas.
Some say this fits Mr Murdoch's pattern of backing the candidate he thinks will win (the Telegraph supported Mr Rudd before his victory in 2007).
Over the winter, the hostility of Dr. Goldberg's opponents deepened when he refused to back the candidate they favored for the P.S. 261 principalship.
Ben Timberley, a trainer with Momentum, said Ward was ideal for the seat and across the country the group wanted to back the candidate best placed for victory.
How better to challenge those that accuse the Liberal Democrats of being Tory "poodles" than to back the candidate most likely to dislodge their master's favoured son?
