Sentence examples for election attempted from inspiring English sources

Here was another rightwing "outsider" who, after the 2012 election, attempted to cash in on her stardom with the Sarah Palin Channel, a digital network run with the web-based TV company TAPP.

Mr. Rudd, who promised not to stage another challenge before the next election, attempted a conciliatory note with his former cabinet colleagues, many of whom had in recent days issued stinging personal attacks against him dating to his time as prime minister.

Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic candidate in the 1952 presidential election, attempted to distance himself from the President as much as possible.

President Roosevelt, not wanting Democratic factionalism to cost him votes in the 1936 presidential election, attempted to bring together the Laffoon and Chandler factions, but to little avail.

When the winner of the election attempted to be seated, the Senate erupted into violence known as the Black Day of the General Assembly; the lieutenant governor-elect was sworn in but never seated.

In an explanatory video, Lessig said the PAC will run a pilot campaign in the 2014 election, attempting to elect five candidates — showing that Washington money matters in elections and everyday citizens can have a voice.

Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Lazio attacked Mrs. Clinton for seeking office in a state where she had never lived before the election, attempting to fueling suspicions that she was merely seeking to turn New York into a platform for an eventual national campaign as she and her husband prepared to leave the White House.

Rutte tacked further to the right in this election, attempting to hold on to voters Wilders was siphoning off.

I've read a lot of party "autopsies," in which a party that loses an election attempts to assess what went wrong.

The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet says it has proof that Warner, whose support is key to Blatter's hopes of re-election, attempted to sell tickets on the black market, in direct contravention of Fifa rules.

Déby seized power after a civil war in 1990 and clung on to it through a series of rigged elections, attempted coups and rebellions, with the support of French security forces.