Sentence examples for election set up from inspiring English sources

In the days after the first round of Egypt's presidential election set up such a stark and, to many, an unpalatable choice for Round 2 — between an Islamist candidate and a former general who served as Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister — several of the country's activist bloggers considered their options.

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — The winner of last week's presidential election set up a parallel government on Sunday while the incumbent refused to give up power, raising the stakes in a political standoff that threatens to tip this nation back into civil war.

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On April 22 , 2012 Hollande topped the field in the first round of the presidential election, setting up a runoff against the incumbent Sarkozy on May 6.

Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., a Republican, said Tuesday that he would challenge Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, in November's election, setting up a rematch between Maryland's two biggest political foes.

President Dalia Grybauskaite's surprise intervention cast a cloud of uncertainty over the aftermath of the election, setting up a possible standoff or new talks on forming a different government.

Donald Trump dug in deeply Monday against growing concerns over Russian efforts to influence the presidential election, setting up a conflict with his own party's leaders even before he is inaugurated.

Under California's open primary system, the top two vote-getters in each race advance to the general election, setting up an intra-party battle between the two Democrats.

Election workers set up a church to use as a polling location before sunrise in Sarasota, Florida, on Election Day 2012.

After the last election, parliament set up the new backbench business committee, which I chair.

The party, the National League for Democracy, formally shut down last Friday rather than comply with onerous registration requirements and other election protocols set up by the junta.