Sentence examples for lost delegates from inspiring English sources

THE LOST DELEGATES We understand Joey Fernadez, founder of Klout actually went to Italy, as did Clint Nelsen of StartupWeekend.

Losing visits from the candidates, they said, is far more troubling than losing delegates to the convention, which many predict the nominee will seat in the end.

— NATE SILVER So far, Mitt Romney leads easily in all six Maryland Congressional districts that have reported results so far, including in two — the First District and the Sixth District — where he was potentially in danger of losing delegates to Rick Santorum.

Several Democrats said candidates might make the calculation that it is worth losing delegates — assuming New Hampshire defies the party and the party penalizes candidates — to get the attention that might come from an early New Hampshire victory.

The news cycle may be good news for Hillary Clinton, but The New Republic's Jonathan Chait doesn't think it's good enough: With the Clinton campaign now saying they will stay in the race even if they lose delegates in Texas, it's worth putting into perspective just how difficult it would be for them to close Barack Obama's lead in pledged delegates.

Each state could lose delegates to the national nominating conventions.

No matter which way I turn it, we lose...pledged delegates, super delegates, popular vote, number of states won...what do we say?" Hillary threw a glass of expensive wine at him and said, "We say we're winning.

Florida and Michigan lost their delegates because they violated party rules by holding primaries early.

Having lost the delegate lead in February, Mrs. Clinton struggled in vain to recapture it.

And that's OK because even though he's lost the delegate battle, Sanders has nonetheless won the narrative war.

Candidates who do not reach the 25 percent threshold lose the delegates they otherwise would have won, and those delegates become uncommitted instead.