Sentence examples for go to a contested from inspiring English sources

If no one gets the necessary 1,237 delegates, the nomination will go to a contested convention in July, where Cruz would perhaps have the strongest delegate operation of any Republican campaign.

If the seat being contested goes to a liberal, it could tip the balance when the government again pushes to pass the measure.

"It's definitely going to be a contested convention," said Kimberly Tregoning, a Sanders delegate from Kalamazoo, Michigan who will be attending the convention.

However, if the convention goes to a second ballot or beyond, delegates become unbound, which gives Cruz a significant advantage in a contested convention.

The money goes to a political action committee called Running for Change, which distributes it to the Democratic National Committee and to closely contested Democratic campaigns.

To me the threshold question of whether a committee of Congress has the right to go to court over a contested claim of privilege by the executive branch was properly decided in the Judiciary Committee case in favor of Congress.

FROM the moment the trial began, on Aug. 1, it was clear that even minute details were going to be contested.

Ellison and his rival Ernesto Bertarelli had been locked in court since July 2007, and for a while it seemed as if the result of this race was going to be contested off the water.

When it became clear that it was going to be contested in 72-foot catamarans, it seemed as if France, with its long-established taste for multihulls, finally might play a central role in a sport historically dominated by English-speaking nations.

That victory moved Manchester City five points clear of their city rivals and strongly suggested that the Premier League title battle was going to be contested exclusively in the north west of England.

Realising that his advance was going to be contested, Bowen requested reinforcements.