Sentence examples for gain election from inspiring English sources

As gaudy as Ochocinco's statistics may look, they can't compare to some of the players currently unable to gain election.

When, as a result, Jack's Senate seat fell available, a "seatwarmer" was appointed until 1962, when Teddy reached 30, the minumum age required to gain election.

Nicolas Sarkozy is dogged by the Bettencourt affair, the allegation that he duped Liliane Bettencourt, France's richest woman, to gain election funds.

Voting runs through Feb. 22. Voters include coaches, executives and members of the news media, and a player needs to be on at least two-thirds of the ballots to gain election.

Given the historical maximum of a 15 percent increase, Barry Larkin, Lee Smith and Morris, who in 2010 all drew about 50 percent, would need unprecedented increases to gain election by 2012.

One, Roger Clemens, failed to gain election in his first time on ballot this past year because many voters have concluded that he used performance-enhancing drugs to bolster his career.

When he gained election to the Springfield statehouse, Mr. Obama taught himself poker; politics happened around card tables.

The PGA Tour announced yesterday that no new members had gained election to the World Golf Hall of Fame through the balloting process.

Many candidates they supported, including a number backed by the Tea Party, gained election as part of the Republican takeover of the House.

Even a representative of Germany's neo-Nazi National Democratic Party gained election to one of the country's 96 seats in the parliament.

The son of Robert the Strong, from whom all the Capetian kings of France descended, Eudes successfully defended Paris against the besieging Vikings (or Normans) in 885 886 and gained election as king as a result.