Sentence examples for missing election from inspiring English sources

He was elected to Labour's national executive committee for two years (1976-78), missing election by only 9,000 votes in 1979 as the party moved to the left.

While Smith sipped Champagne, a confused Gary Carter cried after narrowly missing election in his fifth year on the ballot.

Kieran Doherty and Paddy Agnew (who was not on hunger strike) were elected in Cavan Monaghan and Louth respectively, and Joe McDonnell narrowly missed election in Sligo Leitrim.

It would boost his chances if he could organise big protests against the missed election deadline.

Marvin Miller, the former executive director of the players union, missed election by one vote.

He once missed election by two votes and was somehow sidetracked.

Models based on these "fundamentals" alone have missed election results by an average of eight points since they began to be published widely in 1992.

Gary Carter, who missed election by 11 votes last year, Jim Rice and Bruce Sutter are among 16 holdovers on the ballot released yesterday by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

The UK's failure to act was an "aggravating factor" in every pending case, while the legal and financial implications increased with every missed election.

Nonetheless, he missed election by just one vote three years ago when the Veterans Committee voted in Joe Gordon — the second baseman the Yankees traded to Cleveland for Reynolds after the 1946 season.

He and his colleague, Health Minister Jane Philpott, sought to focus attention on the "two week delay," instead of the missed election commitment, which Philpott called "incredibly ambitious".