Sentence examples similar to guaranteed a third term from inspiring English sources

An angry public has viewed Ms. Quinn's decision to undo the law as a back-room deal — a simple tit-for-tat that guaranteed Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg a third term in exchange for his blessing for her own eventual bid for City Hall.

Cuomo is pretty much guaranteed a second term in Albany, so the W.F.P. didn't have to worry about being a Naderesque spoiler.

No single indicator guarantees a second term, of course, but on balance the president's numbers are as good if not better than those of the three presidents who won second terms in recent times.

Members of both parties say that running on national security may well guarantee Mr. Bush a second term.

He is now spearheading the ANC's election campaign, and victory will guarantee him a second term in office.

But a successful raid -- and no one can dispute that the raid was a success -- would not necessarily guarantee him a second term.

The maneuvering is all part of an apparent effort by Mr. Chibila, who won election in 1991 and 1996 and is constitutionally barred from a third term, to guarantee that his successor is firmly in his mold.

They also homed in on a crucial point: Allowing officeholders to vie for a third term does not guarantee their re-election.

If a third term was not yet guaranteed – New Zealand's proportional electoral system makes landslide victories improbable – it was clear it would take some remarkable turn of events to shift the momentum.

Although Mbeki was barred by South Africa's constitution from serving a third term as president of the country, securing a third term as party president would have guaranteed him considerable influence in choosing the country's next president in 2009.

The economic problems and cloud of corruption did not detract a significant amount of support from the ANC, which managed to do well in the 2014 elections and virtually guaranteed Zuma a second term as president.