Sentence examples for election touching from inspiring English sources

June 4 , 1989 was the day of Solidarity's overwhelming victory in (still nominally Communist) Poland's first (more or less) free legislative election, touching off a cascade of astounding events, including, of course, the fall of the Wall.

Mr. Yablonski and his wife and daughter were murdered three weeks after the disputed U.M.W. election, touching off separate investigations of the balloting and of the U.M.W. generally by the Labor Depart ment, a Senate subcommittee and a Federal grand jury.

That report aired just weeks before the presidential election, touching off a political firestorm.

The discussion surrounding the presidential election touched on another recurring issue: gender equity.

François Bayrou, a centrist presidential candidate who came in third in the 2007 election, touched off the debate on Monday night.

Predictably, Mr. O'Malley's election touched off a debate, still vibrant among some Brooklynites, over whether he committed the worst act of betrayal since Judas.

Mr. Trump's election touched off bitter arguments among Democrats over just how politically combative the party should be, and how much it should seek to compete with Mr. Trump's hard-edged version of economic populism.

Mr Clegg's end-of-conference speech, the last he will deliver before next May's general election, touched on the recent referendum in which voters in Scotland rejected independence by 55% to 45%.

Trump's election touches upon practically every key international story of the day, from Brexit and Syria to the far right and the immigration crisis.

"With a general election within touching distance, it was important for the Chancellor to use the final Budget of this Parliament to play a steady hand, rather than making any politically-motivated announcements," said George Cowcher, chief executive of the East Midlands Chamber of Commerce.

The Department of Justice's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election is touching Donald Trump more and more these days.