Sentence examples for candidate gains from inspiring English sources

Indeed, a candidate gains a certain political street credibility by being in a fight.

The law requires a runoff if neither candidate gains more than half the vote.

If no candidate gains an outright majority, the new Congress must choose between the top two.

If either candidate gains some momentum in the home stretch and wins by two, three points or more, the Electoral College will not matter.

Once a candidate gains the advantage in "Who do you want to have a beer with?" — even if he doesn't drink beer — it's very hard to reverse.

Consistently strong polling by Quinn, the frontrunner in most surveys, belies her potential vulnerability in a mayoral runoff, to be held if no one candidate gains 40% of the vote.

During the last weeks an unknown candidate gained ground.

In 2001 he stood as a Socialist Alliance candidate, gaining just over 1% of the vote.

Labour held Middlesbrough with Andrew McDonald, its candidate, gaining 10,201 votes and the Ukip candidate Richard Elvin winning 1,990 with the Lib Dems' George Selmer on 1,672.

But on average, the challenging-party candidate gained a net of one and a half percentage points on the incumbent-party candidate.

In cases where the opponents were, say, comparably cumulative, as in Clinton vs. Bush père, the younger candidate gained the White House.