Sentence examples for election broke from inspiring English sources

One was the son of a Kenyan whose election broke barriers for African-Americans.

Last year, as news of Russia's meddling in the U.S. election broke, Seagal became a Russian citizen.

When news of his election broke, her supporters in Argentina's Congress refused to interrupt a eulogy to Venezuela's late president, Hugo Chávez.

THE big news that Joko Widodo, Jakarta's popular governor, will be a candidate in this year's presidential election broke first on social media.

The 2012 presidential election broke the $2bn milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in US political history, according to final federal finance reports.

François Fillon, a former prime minister who is contesting his defeat in the leadership election, broke away from the UMP to set up his own faction under the unfortunate acronym, R-UMP.

This election breaks these politics of intimidation.

The President talked of the election breaking the "fever" in Washington.

Enough to set a record for political spending on TV ads this election cycle, which is on track to hit $3 billion by the November election, breaking the previous highs of roughly $2.7 billion in 2008 and $2.4 billion in 2006.

Guyana's multiracial opposition coalition has won a national election, breaking the ruling Indo-Guyanese party's 23 year-old grip on power, the election board said on Thursday, signalling a new era in the ethnically divided South American country.

Explaining his political shift, one CEO who sits on the CEA Board said: "It was a significant election breaking the race barrier.