Sentence examples for candidate upset from inspiring English sources
This was a reference to the 2012 Republican Senate primary where a Tea Party candidate upset six-term senator Richard Lugar and then lost the general election to the Democrat.
Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, a progressive, first-time candidate, upset Rhode Island House Majority Leader John DeSimone in a Democratic primary Tuesday by a margin of just 17 votes.
Executives, including Rupert Murdoch, said publicly during the search that they thought James was the best candidate, upsetting shareholders concerned about the integrity of the search.
Last month, eight of the nine members of that board were defeated for re-election by a slate of candidates upset with the board's action, which sharply divided the small rural community in southeastern Pennsylvania (ScienceNOW, 9 November).
Lowry quickly fired back at Trump on Twitter, saying he's not surprised the Republican presidential candidate was upset by the comment — but quickly pointing out that Trump himself often makes politically incorrect comments.
In 2008, as a presidential candidate, she upset some of her Wall Street supporters when she backed the regulation of derivatives and called for eliminating the "carried interest" loophole that allows some Americans to avoid paying millions in income taxes.
The former presidential candidate is upset that the fast food chicken chain has been the target of criticism in the wake of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy's saying last week that his company supports "the biblical definition of the family unit".
As the leader of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Mr. Cornyn watched Tea Party candidates upset Republican incumbents in each of the last two primary cycles.
The candidates could upset expectations.
Though Geelong and Fremantle are plausible candidates to upset the applecart, these two certainly appeal as the most likely pairing for the 2014 decider.
The crowd cheered wildly as speakers celebrated the victories of Tea Party candidates who have upset establishment candidates in Republican primaries, and proclaimed that the Tea Party would now turn its ire against the Democrats.
