Sentence examples for drafted to run from inspiring English sources

Here was how Republican he was: in the early '90s, he was drafted to run for lieutenant governor of our state on the Republican ticket.

Her name recognition and fundraising connections alone put her at an advantage so steep that other nationally known Democrats, even those being drafted to run by supporters such as Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, declined to challenge her.

George Wolfe was drafted to run the Public immediately after the début of "Angels" and the critical and commercial success of "Jelly's Last Jam" — which he wrote as well as directed.

Dwight Eisenhower led the Allied forces to victory in 1945 and then became president of Columbia University on Manhattan's Upper West Side (though some say that this was a mistake, and that the illustrissimi of the university had meant to dial up his brother Milton instead); after going on sabbatical, he was drafted to run for the White House, but New Yorkers voted for Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.

Daniels was drafted to run by a group of citizens who were unhappy with Vitter's leadership.

So the question arises: Is there any Democrat substantial enough and respected enough to be drafted to run against Clinton?

"This is not a draft to run track, it's a draft to play football," Suggs said.

Major crime investigations are on hold as 171 police are drafted in to run three separate operations.

When acting Gov. Donald T. DiFrancesco quit the race, party leaders shunned Mr. Schundler and immediately drafted Mr. Franks to run against him.

Former Force India team principal Colin Kolles, a trained dental surgeon, has been drafted in to run the team from the pit wall.

It's all very well extending the school day with sports and other extra-curricular activities, but other people need to be drafted in to run them - it's unreasonable to expect teachers, unless it's on a voluntary basis, to work an extra two or three hours when they should be spending their time marking work and preparing classes.