Sentence examples for governor name from inspiring English sources

In two previous races for governor, name recognition also put Mr. Burris out front in early polls, but he finished second in both contests.

It came as a little bit of a jolt, given my lowly station in Chicago's municipal pecking order, when he told me that he was considering having the governor name me state insurance director.

Lawyers for the governor argued that a section of the state's public officers law let governor name people to vacant positions if the law does not spell out how the vacancy is to be filled.

Mr. Estrada, apparently not miffed at this loss, suggested that the governor name the boat Escalera, a word that signifies the mah-jongg equivalent of a royal flush in cards.

When we first meet, Powell, who wears an apron with a "governor" name badge pinned to it, stains copies of the HSCB banknotes in hot tea. .

The governor named Oikoumenios was whole again.

A governor named Romney once supported expanding access to affordable housing.

By tradition, New Jersey's governor names the chairman of the board of the authority while New York's governor names the executive director.

In April, the governor named him to the New York State Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century.

The governor named Kevin M. Ryan as the state's first child advocate.

He controlled the state from Washington through a caretaker Governor named O.