Sentence examples for for being elected from inspiring English sources

Everyone has different drivers for being elected.

Although prolific fund-raising by itself is not sufficient for winning the Democratic or Republican nominations or for being elected president, it is certainly necessary.

Chess champion-turned-activist Garry Kasparov "I congratulate him [Putin], as well as the friendly government and nation of [Russia]... for being elected president of the Russian Federation".

Last year, Mayor Luken, who held the title then simply for being elected to the City Council with the most votes, tried to restore order after confrontations broke out when a white patrolman fatally shot a black suspect.

It is also part of the Gore campaign's effort to put a positive sheen on Mr. Gore's candidacy and to make explicit use of what his advisers say is perhaps his best argument for being elected: the unprecedented prosperity of the last several years.

With the recent rise of Christian religious fundamentalism in the Republican Party, the vetting of a candidate's Christian beliefs has become a necessary requirement for being elected to office.

In all he would run three times for office before being elected supervisor.

He served as MP for Hertford before being elected as Prime Minister in 1902.

Papandreou, for better or for worse, was elected with a strong mandate seven months ago.

Its candidates for mayor were elected in 147 of the 330 municipalities.

* Paul Murphy, senior vice-president and Member for Oxfordshire, was elected interim chairman.