Sentence examples for being elected in a from inspiring English sources

Several council officials said Mr. Ensley, the president of the social workers union, might have a fair chance of being elected in a direct election but would have far less of a chance in a delegates' vote because he has antagonized many council leaders.

Bernie doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of being elected in a general election.

A Very British Coup imagines a left-wing Labour leader being elected in a landslide election and then being slowly and meticulously deposed by right-wing elements of the British establishment, including the army, the press and the secret service.

And having the party's backing in a primary is tantamount to being elected in a Democratic stronghold like Newark.

Yet it easily avoided the criminal abuses of power and violence that have characterised military dictatorship in Egypt since Gamal Abdel Nasser – and it had the considerable merit of being elected, in a region where that was a remarkable distinction.

The president, Akhmad Kadyrov, 52, was buried Monday in his home village in southeastern Chechnya just seven months after being elected in a stage-managed vote that was intended to demonstrate that the war had become a manageable, localized conflict.

He was elected in a democratic election before the dictatorship.

Mr Joyce was elected in a by-election in December 2000 and has served as a parliamentary private secretary (PPS) to a number of government ministers since 2003.

He had been elected in a special election in 2010 following the death of incumbent Democratic Senator Ted Kennedy.

State and county officials are elected in a November general election.

In 1908, Labour candidate Donald McNabb was elected in a Lethbridge by-election; the riding had previously been held by a Liberal.