Sentence examples for charge of carpetbagging from inspiring English sources

The first is the charge of "carpetbagging".

He and Diana Fortuna, his wife, have two daughters, 7 and 3. His relatively recent arrival in Brooklyn left him open to charges of carpetbagging.

Brown's campaign has been dogged by charges of carpetbagging.

Another weakness for Ing is that he does not formally live in the congressional district in which he is running, leaving him open to charges of carpetbagging.

He won election "despite charges of carpetbagging and buying the election".

Pre-empting charges of carpetbagging, she noted that her family first came to the state in 1852.

When I mentioned to Ted Jr. that he would have faced charges of carpetbagging if he ran for Kerry's seat, he took issue.

Charges of carpetbagging — Mr. Ignatieff and his second wife, Zsuzsanna Zshoar, moved into a condominium in an area of Toronto that he doesn't represent — and impatience to rise to the top have also provided red meat to conservatives and Canadian tabloids.

Clinton faced charges of carpetbagging, since she had never resided in the State of New York nor directly participated in state politics prior to her Senate race.

The Devils' second appearance in the Stanley Cup finals since 1995 lacks the unmistakable whiff of carpetbagging.

Mr. Schweikert's camp has accused Mr. Quayle of "carpetbagging" into the new district, which encompasses parts of Phoenix, most of Scottsdale and other communities to the north.