Sentence examples for election picked from inspiring English sources

When the liberal Web site Daily Kos, enmeshed in the rough-and-tumble of the presidential election, picked up on the news in a highly read post, commenters were quick to raise the specter of dirty tricks.

The actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the leading Republican candidate in the California recall election, picked up the endorsement today of the California Chamber of Commerce, while a panel of federal judges in San Jose turned down one of the last legal challenges to the Oct. 7 vote.

Again, I point out, the party that won in the last election picked some values to represent and they stood firm and they won lots of seats in Congress.

Ron Barber, a former Giffords staffer and the Democratic nominee in the June 15 special election, picked up an endorsement Monday from the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.

[Program Note: Only two more of these columns to go! Next Wednesday as usual, and then a special "My Election Picks" column, which will appear on Election Day before the polls close.].

As the 2012 presidential election picks up steam, Republican candidates find it tempting and beneficial to bash Muslims as a way to attract voters.

The party had suffered its worst defeat in decades in September's federal election, picking up just 23% of the vote, its smallest share since the second world war, and was out of power after 11 years in government.

The Congress party made modest gains compared to the 2007 election, picking up 29 seats in North and South Delhi, respectively, and 19 in East Delhi, for a total of 77 seats, up from 67 in 2007.

Iraqis want democracy in principle but are frustrated by its results—and by the seeming inertia of their representatives, who took nine months to form a government after last year's election, pick up fat salaries and have got hardly any of their promised infrastructure projects off the ground.Moreover, Mr Maliki is becoming still more authoritarian.

Tired from the ordeal of her first venture into the political arena, Gabel-Luddy spenthehe days after the election picking up lawn signs and thanking contributors.

Democratic candidates in those back-to-back "wave elections" picked up dozens of House seats that had generally trended Republican, including some in states like Indiana and Virginia.