Sentence examples for election stood from inspiring English sources

Then-Vice President George H.W. Bush's thumping of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election stood for years as a clear signal to elected officials that being tough on crime was a key to victory. .

He was elected as a district and county councillor and, in the 1983 general election, stood unsuccessfully in Brecon and Radnor.

So the Feb. 7 election stood, but to avoid having their delegates cut, the state's Republicans said they would assign those through this whole caucus process instead.

Sporadic violence ensued in areas loyal to Sata, but the result of the election stood, and Mwanawasa was sworn in for his second term in October 2006.

Yet a recent poll by the Levada Centre, an independent pollster, said his support in the mayoral election stood at only 4%.

As late as Election Eve, Harvard's Vanishing Voter measure of "voter involvement" in the election stood at 50percentt, with 48percentt deeming the race "boring".

Yet the election stands out in the Arab world, partly because of its rarity.

Where will the SNP, which the Sun supported in the 2015 election, stand on this?

Many candidates at the election stand little to no chance of winning.

If the sham election stands and Mr. Karzai remains president, he must drastically change his personal politics.

Opinion polls since early 2011 show that the percentage of votes that Tymoshenko would gain in a future presidential election stands about 15%.