Sentence examples for governors present from inspiring English sources

Instead, there was endless speculation about whether any of the 40 or so governors present might end up as vice presidential choices.

At a news conference, a reporter asked the six Republican governors present to raise their hands if they would refuse to serve as Mr. McCain's vice-presidential nominee.

Still, when asked at a news conference whether any would forgo federal money to hold down the deficit, none of the governors present volunteered.

The two governors present, Colorado's John Hickenlooper (D) and Utah's Gary Herbert (R), serve as vice chairman and chairman of the Western Governors Association.

During the June 1964 National Governors Conferencee, 13 of 16 Republican governors present were opposed to Goldwater; their leaders were Jim Rhodes of Ohio, Nelson Rockefeller of New York (whose own campaign had just stalled out with a loss to Goldwater in the California primary), William Scranton of Pennsylvania, and Romney.

And at the same time, while experts in both parties readily agree that the unified team of Republican governors presented a formidable asset for Mr. Bush, they say it was unrealistic to expect them to be able to transfer votes and popularity.

State law requires that the governor present a budget by early January, and the secretary of state said the election would probably not be certified until mid-November.

Last year the governor presented an election-year budget that would have made his predecessor, Mario M. Cuomo, proud.

But the governor presented himself as a nonpartisan liberal, despite having run as a tax-slashing conservative in 1994.

In fact, the governor presented no defense on Tuesday at all, a decision that drew criticism from the commission.

Gov. Chris Christie has given voice to New Jersey's pain, but New York's governor presents the more interesting study.