Sentence examples for midterm contest from inspiring English sources

Republican Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee has decided not to run for reelection, ending a period of seriously considering getting back in a marquee midterm contest.

If a Supreme Court seat is up for grabs in the Senate elections, it'll raise the stakes even further on an already high-stakes midterm contest, one that was expected to be about resistance to Trump as much as anything else.

The deficit panel and external factors, from bond markets to midterm contests for the House and Senate, will play a role.

This is particularly true in low-turnout elections such as primaries and midterm contests.

It was set against Democratic election victories on Tuesday that left Republicans worried about the 2006 midterm contests.

Presidents almost always lose congressional seats in midterm contests, but those polling below 50percentt get hit particularly hard.

The super PAC has raised more than $7.8 million to spend on midterm contests -- surpassing its goal, and surprising many observers with its fundraising success.

Political observers are paying close attention to special elections across the nation this year as potential harbingers of what may happen in the midterm contests in 2018.

If they get that boost, it could limit the damage presidents almost invariably suffer in midterm contests as Republicans push to hold the House and recapture control of the Senate.

The oddity of these midterm contests was that what is usually seen as a test of strength for the government of the day became framed instead as a test for Labour.

My project group and I were tasked with compiling a story about the female swing vote in two of Arizona's midterm contests: the Senate race for Jeff Flake's open seat and the House seat in the 2nd Congressional District.