Sentence examples for election against from inspiring English sources

Giscard was elected to the presidency in a runoff election against the leftist candidate François Mitterrand on May 19 , 1974

Toledo, 55, was elected last month in a close runoff election against former President Alan Garcia.

Campaigning in the general election against incumbent Pres.

But that was for the entire election, against an incumbent.

Both stood in the 2009 presidential election against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a poll they claim was rigged.

Last year he became president again after winning an election against a divided opposition.

Running for re-election against the fiery Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1929, Walker won overwhelmingly.

But Nora must behave because her father is running for re-election against E. Thomas Bartlett.

Mrs. Whitman won re-election against Mr. McGreevey by a small margin in 1997.

In 1998, Mr. Gejdenson easily won re-election against a little-known businessman.

(With numbers like that, you might be able to win re-election against George Washington, let alone Walter Mondale).