Sentence examples for elected minority from inspiring English sources

The Netherlands' recently elected minority government depends for survival on support from a Muslim-baiting populist.

Hoyer, 77, was elected minority whip and Clyburn, 76, was elected assistant leader.

He served as a state representative for the next 20 years, and he was elected minority leader in 1981.

Councilman Thomas Cuite was elected majority leader of the Council's 37 dems., & Angelo Arculeo was elected minority leader of the 5 Republicans.

But Republicans will not embrace the broad-based tax so quickly, according to Senator Leonard Lance, the newly elected minority leader.

In 2002 Pelosi was elected minority whip and using what she referred to as her "mother of five" voice began pushing for unity among the diverse factions within her party by embracing conservatives and moderates.

Robert W. Lazaro, a spokesman for the county's Republican legislators, said yesterday that it was "highly expected" that Peter J. Schmitt would be re-elected minority leader.

Voters have sometimes contrived to spread power still more evenly by electing minority administrations at both levels.

Life becomes illuminated for the elect minority by the prospect of eternal salvation or, for those without grace, shrivels under the glare of eternal fires.

The federal oversight power, provided by the Voting Rights Act, is intended to ensure that no legislation is passed that is detrimental to minority voters, such as by making it more difficult for them to elect minority candidates.

The new voters would be more likely to elect minority candidates, political analysts say, and could force politicians to become more responsive to issues like deportation policy and immigrant access to health care.