Sentence examples for costly election from inspiring English sources

Politicians are nonetheless still perceived as allying themselves with criminals –especially during costly election campaigns.

The trial offered an unusual glimpse inside Mr. Bloomberg's costly election operation — which spent $100 million of his own fortune — and shed light on the intermingling of money, mayoral staff and politics.

Their tactics, the aggressive and sometimes misleading kind not typically used until much further along in a campaign season, have led to a spat with Democrats in what is shaping up to be the most costly election advertising war yet.

When Hofer's Freedom party (FPÖ) succeeded in its bid to force a rerun, frustration with a divisive and costly election campaign was running high and many expected it to backfire.

Because creation and mailing of proxy soliciting materials (which requires the filing of a proxy statement with the SEC with specific detailed disclosures), as well as the actual solicitation effort, is very costly, election contests in which a shareholder solicits proxies have been relatively infrequent.

Notwithstanding the Constitution's Article II, Section 26, which promotes the equal access to opportunities for public service and the prohibition of political dynasties, the right to hold an elective position has remained limited to those who are popular, who can finance costly election campaign, and who have the strategic network of supporters who can keep their political machinery functioning.

"I'm not sure that in mainland China, with all our people, candidates could afford to compete in costly elections".

His victories in those hard-fought and costly elections have set him on a path he hopes will lead to the presidency.

Ministers seem to be working hard to make their new police and crime commissioner elections a shambles – providing too little information, costly elections in cold dark November, the helpline not working, ballot papers reprinted.

For the most part, the donations are small — the average is $100 — but collectively they add up and — in the eyes of supporters — provide a counterweight to the power of special interests in ever more costly elections.

Britain will now have to hold costly elections for the European parliament, which an Open Europe poll on Wednesday showed could give a national platform to new parties on both extremes of the Brexit debate – Nigel Farage's Brexit party, and the pro-second referendum Change UK – the Independent Group.