Sentence examples for narrow election from inspiring English sources

In Germany, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder won a narrow election victory on Sunday.

"The overwhelming consensus was Gore's going to win this in a narrow election".

Renamo's leaders are still sore at its narrow election defeat in 1999, which they put down to fraud.

All day the fallout from the narrow election was evident and the mood swung from hopeful to bittersweet to confrontational.

Although Democratic voters heavily outnumbered Republicans in Maryland, Ehrlich and Steele claimed a narrow election victory, and Steele became the first African American to win statewide office there.

Rousseff's narrow election victory was accomplished after two months of intense, bitter campaigning that saw the introduction of U.S.-style negative campaign tactics, including highly personal attacks.

REMNICK: O.K.! [Laughs.] But maybe the narrowest election in the history of— FRANKEN: On a percentage basis.

Paul edged Laughlin in a runoff and won an equally narrow general election.

But his narrow, disputed election victory last month, and Venezuela's nosediving economy, mean that Cuba needs other options.

The proportion rose slightly to 65% in the narrow 2010 election and may nudge up a little further this time.

As a result of the positive but narrow Greek election, Fitch Ratings said Monday it would not change its outlook on all European government debt to negative.