Sentence examples for election gained from inspiring English sources

That state of affairs lasted for about a month, until the Presidential election gained steam.

Haley, a popular two-term governor who has been frequently named as a potential vice-presidential candidate for the 2016 election, gained national praise – and a national profile – in calling for the removal of a Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina statehouse in July.

The election gained national attention after Lafourche Parish Council Chair Lindel Toups said he thought libraries had too much money and voiced his disapproval of some library programs.

Marangou put up the first serious challenge to Demetriades in the last mayoral election, gaining almost 40% of the vote.

May 22, 2014 Labour sensationally wins control of H&F at council election, gaining eleven seats from the Conservatives to secure a majority of six.

For one thing, the Democrats emerged stronger from the election, gaining 165 seats, up from 96 in the 2005 election (when the lower house had 500 seats), so they should provide more effective opposition.

Their complacency and corruption scandals of the previous decade are far from behind them, and less than two months ago the party was dealt a new blow in the federal election, gaining fewer votes than expected.

Acting President Vladimir V. Putin won a narrow majority of the vote today in Russia's presidential election, gaining the outright victory that the Kremlin had pursued with growing desperation to avoid a runoff next month.

Clinton is the clear leader in polls concerning possible Democratic candidates to fight the 2016 election, gaining a number of high-profile endorsements despite not having declared her hand.

He supported Cantrill in the general election, gaining goodwill within the Democratic Party.

On the plus side though, he destroyed the competition in the VBS.tv election, gaining 53% of the vote.