Sentence examples for contests would be from inspiring English sources
The ability of union bosses to influence leadership contests would be curtailed.
Whoever wins two of those three contests would be well on his path to the nomination.
Party bosses, currently banned from contributing to primary contests, would be able to spend endlessly for their favored candidates.
"A primary held in late February, after the nominations have been decided by earlier contests, would be an exercise in futility".
The down-to-the-wire result between Mr. Romney and Mr. Santorum, with Mr. Paul close behind, ensured that the primary contests would be fought aggressively for additional weeks or months.
Commissioner Paul Tagliabue soon announced that the missed contests would be made up later in the season, and that the leading possibility was canceling wild-card weekend in early January to play the games then.
NO CONSERVATIVE leadership contest would be complete without bribes, backstabbing and treachery.
The organisers had hoped the contest would be acceptable to officials because of other recent events.
Few political strategists imagine that a Bush-Clinton contest would be a typical issue-driven race.
