Sentence examples for he got delegates from inspiring English sources

In a sense, Cruz is just doing what Ron Paul did four years ago, when he got delegates [who supported him] seated [at the convention], even though they had to vote for [Mitt] Romney on the first ballot by basically being almost like a wedding crasher, crashing certain conventions at the county level.

His argument is that if he gets votes, he gets delegates, which then will empower him to force the Democratic Party to consider issues important to blacks.

We've got delegates here in Michigan, of course, district by district".

Nothing got delegates more excited during George Osborne's speech than when the chancellor pledged £3bn more cuts in benefits.

The fact that I came in second in a couple of primaries — I know some people think that's a devastating thing — actually, I got delegates.

After William Howard Taft won the 1912 Republican nomination over Theodore Roosevelt — in part because of the support he got from delegates from the South, which was then heavily Democratic — some Republicans questioned the wisdom of giving a Democratic region so much sway when it comes to deciding whom the Republicans should nominate, Professor Norrander said.

At another time, Mr. Kennedy said, "He is obviously hungry to get delegates, but he is also hungry to give a positive impression".

"This is all about getting delegates," he said on Tuesday, as voters in Mississippi and Alabama headed to the polls.

"This past week, we took a twenty-point gap and compressed it to a single digit gap, putting Mitt in the zone to get delegates here," he said.

Cruz's strength has been working state conventions to get delegates where he didn't have votes; that's not something that voters are necessarily apt to admire.

If not, he could win, but still not get delegates.