Sentence examples for for Democratic causes from inspiring English sources

He's a great advocate for Democratic causes".

Petty, on the other hand — though he's expressed sympathy for Democratic causes, and ordered Republican candidates not to play his music from the hustings while allowing Democrats the privilege — has never seemed terribly politically engaged.

The NBA's owners proved the most liberal of the four collectives: with $1,049,876.13 of the total $6,125,198.71 contributed, nearly one dollar out of five, targeted for Democratic causes.

They were also the most conservative, with $8,052,410.00 funneled toward Republican efforts compared to $189,610.72 for Democratic causes – a ratio that favors the GOP by more than 40 to 1.

She was 85. Inspired as a teenager by the Roosevelts, both Franklin D. and Eleanor, Ms. Handman was, for decades, a fund-raiser for Democratic candidates and a lobbyist for Democratic causes, both in New York and nationally.

In tapping Mr. Lautenberg to fill the ballot spot occupied by Senator Robert G. Torricelli, party leaders are clearly hoping his familiar, untarnished name and his skills as a seasoned fund-raiser and advocate for Democratic causes will be an effective foil to Douglas R. Forrester, the Republican candidate, and help keep the Senate in Democratic hands.

King is a longtime supporter of Democratic causes and has called for higher taxes on the wealthy such as himself.

Funding for pet Democratic causes, such as public broadcasting, regulating greenhouse-gas emissions and Mr Obama's health-care reforms, would be eliminated altogether.

The enemy in question was George Soros, the financier and philanthropist, who has made headlines this year for bankrolling Democratic causes in an effort to unseat President Bush.

Since then, Mr. Torricelli has had a record of strong support for traditional Democratic causes like gun control, abortion rights and environmental protection.

One Torricelli stalwart, Orin Kramer, a New Jersey investment fund manager who has raised money for many Democratic causes, said the senator's greatest difficulty tonight was not the investigation he faced but the fund-raising success he had already had.