Sentence examples for candidate drawing from inspiring English sources

George Clooney produces and Sandra Bullock stars in an unlikely sounding political comedy about an American campaign director hired by a Bolivian presidential candidate, drawing on a documentary of the same title.

Advisers said Mr. Clinton's remark was an off-the-cuff reference, but it was debated on the Sunday news shows and in the blogosphere as a possible effort by the Clinton camp to diminish Mr. Obama's success in South Carolina as simply the result of a black candidate drawing support from a heavily black electorate.

Besides John Y . Brown the dissenting Democrats' nominee, the Populist Party nominated a candidate, drawing votes from Goebel's populist base.

The Federal Election Commission gives public campaign funds to any party whose candidate draws 5percentt of the vote.

12. Which candidate drew more people to their campaign appearances in the state over the last two weeks of the campaign?

Ian Paisley nominated Mr Hay as speaker and promised that after the next election, "We will be supporting a candidate drawn from the other side of the house".

So far, no other candidate draws anything like the same interest.Joyce Carman, Mr Clark's Iowa City co-ordinator, was upset to learn of her candidate's decision from the New York Times.

As the deadline for nominating a candidate drew closer, criticism over the government's inability to fill the post went hand in hand with growing doubts over the government's inability to confront the challenges posed by the debt crisis.

At a fund-raiser in March, the organizers and entertainers outnumbered the crowd, and a recent self-defense class, presented in conjunction with Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker and a mayoral candidate, drew only four people.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Representative Todd Akin, the Republican Senate candidate, drew ire and fire again during the weekend for comments likening his Democratic opponent's legislative actions to those of a dog responding to the command of fetch.

Under Hong Kong voting regulations, the winner in case of an electoral tie -- an admittedly rare occurrence -- is decided not by a runoff but by having each candidate draw a numbered Ping-Pong ball from a red velvet bag.