Sentence examples for election setting up from inspiring English sources

WASHINGTON — The top two Republicans in Congress said on Monday that they supported investigations into possible Russian cyberattacks to influence the American election, setting up a potential confrontation with President-elect Donald J. Trump in his first days in office.

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.

The Catholic Church, widely trusted, has determined that Martin Fayulu is the victor of the disputed presidential election, setting up a confrontation with the government.

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.

Mayor James L. Usry, who has been indicted, and City Councilman Jim Whelan were the two top vote-getters in today's nonpartisan mayoral election, setting up a June 12 runoff in this casino city.

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.

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.

(They expected that the Democrats would vote for TAA and the GOP against, a perfect 2016 election set up).

Flanked by opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei and the Coptic Pope, the General unveiled their road map which included suspending the constitution, putting the chief justice in charge, calling for early elections, setting up an interim technocrat government, and forming a committee to amend the constitution.

Roche, whose then chief executive and lobbyists were closely involved prior to the 2010 election in the setting up of the Cancer Drugs Fund, is the fund's biggest beneficiary.