Sentence examples for making large campaign from inspiring English sources

By making large campaign contributions and forging alliances with important state Republicans, the head of the union, Norman Seabrook, had pulled off an end run around an outraged mayor who had warned that the benefit would cost too much.

Wealthy people gain political influence by making large campaign contributions.

A recent study by the Sunlight Foundation found that individuals within the FIRE sector were head and shoulders above those in other industries in making large campaign contributions.

To the Editor: We middle-class and working-class citizens know all too well that Congress operates for the benefit of the few who make large campaign contributions and finance PACs and lobbyists.

Several opponents of direct elections said candidates might abuse the system by asking companies that provide services to the union, like printing firms, to make large campaign contributions and thus improperly influence the election.

"The tribes' image was battered by the actions of a few Southern California tribes," said Howard Dickstein, a lawyer in Sacramento who represents several smaller tribes that operate casinos but do not make large campaign contributions.

Mr. Espinoza's close ties to the president date to 1994, when as the PRI's finance secretary during Mr. Zedillo's presidential campaign, he encouraged a banker, Carlos Cabal Peniche, to make large campaign donations that opposition leaders have described as illegal.

Would these people have more clout if they had the means to make large campaign contributions?

Our defense contracting industry makes large campaign contributions to ex-presidents, presidents, potential presidents, and various members of Congress.

The two had made large campaign donations to most members of the Central Basin Municipal Water District board before the board approved a consulting contract for Tom Calderon.

Garcia introduced the bill in response to reports by the Los Angeles Times that the two Calderon brothers had made large campaign contributions to four of the five board members of the Central Basin Municipal Water District before the panel voted to approve a lucrative consulting contact for Tom Calderon.