Sentence examples for for early contests from inspiring English sources

The Inside-the-Beltway explanation of Romney's troubles insists that the RNC's embrace of more proportional allocation of delegates for early contests undermined Romney.

Bernie Sanders has thus far earned 8,967,401 votes, despite widespread allegations of voter suppression and a DNC that limited debates; stifling his name recognition for early contests.

They also inexplicably established a system of proportional representation for early contests - through March 15 - that rewarded losing candidates with large numbers of delegates, thus inducing them to stay in the race long after it was clear that they could not be nominated.

Kevin Madden, press secretary for the exploratory committee set up by former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, a Republican, said his organization was already "beginning to put our teams together" for the early contests in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, Michigan and several states beyond.

(Before he took off on the Internet, more than half of Mr. Obama's campaign funding last year for crucial early contests came from contributions of $1,000 or more, according to the Campaign Finance Institute).

Then, too, the conventional news media only budgeted for the early contests.

In a memo to the press in October, Paul's top advisers argued he was well-positioned for the early contests in Iowa and New Hampshire.

For what it's worth, most people don't expect him to last beyond New Hampshire, and he said on "60 Minutes" that he would get out if the votes aren't there for him in the early contests — but, like all his actions, that will be for him to decide.

While Michigan Democrats were disappointed that our state was not selected for one of the four early contests, we appreciated the new rule for adding a bit of much-needed diversity to the early nominating process, and as a first step toward breaking the Iowa-New Hampshire lock.

Officials from many states went before the Democratic National Committee last week to seek the nod for an early contest.

Not only are the opinion polls clearly favourable and the economy only likely to get less so, but now that the Labour hierarchy has allowed the momentum for an early contest to build to such a pitch, failure to call one now risks looking like a lack of nerve.