Sentence examples for democratic figures from inspiring English sources

But not all prominent Democratic figures followed the same see-and-be-seen approach.

There are familiar Democratic figures like Richard C. Holbrooke, the veteran diplomat, and William Perry, the former defense secretary.

Running against establishment Democratic figures - Hubert Humphrey, Ed Muskie - he seemed at first to have no chance.

On the other hand, if senior Democratic figures such as Hillary Clinton try to look as tough as Mr Bush or tougher, they risk alienating their base.

"We've found that too much attack on Democratic priorities and Democratic figures doesn't necessarily bring a lot of benefit and can suppress the base," he said.

Certainly, he has not invested much political capital in the traditional civil-rights agenda, nor have many other national Democratic figures.

And he is universally regarded as a North Ward Democratic figure who can deliver votes.

The next day, a writer for Slate declared that McMullin had "done more than almost any Democratic figure to organize opposition to Donald Trump's kleptocratic and Constitution-hostile tendencies".

Mr. Cuomo has repeatedly hitched his campaign to that theme, not Mr. McCall, but having the mantle of corporate reformer bestowed on him by a national Democratic figure like Mr. Schumer improves Mr. McCall's standing on that issue.

In gaining election and re-election to attorney general, he succeeded in reviving the Republican Party in Missouri, and in 1976 he won the United States Senate seat being vacated by Stuart Symington, a national Democratic figure.

"I told him I would shield him," said Ms. Collins, a Maine Republican, referring to potential brickbats raining down from the Democratic side of the aisle, the side where Mr. Lieberman spent a Senate career that elevated him to prominence as a leading national Democratic figure.