Sentence examples for nearly elected from inspiring English sources

In local elections in 1993, Fini and Mussolini were nearly elected mayor of Rome and mayor of Naples, respectively, and the party won almost a third of the vote in both cities.

It had an independent governor from 1995 to 2003, and nearly elected one again in 2010.

The country nearly elected Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, an observant Jew, as vice president.

In 2003, progressives nearly elected one of their own, Gonzalez, as mayor, but he lost to Mr. Newsom.

Mr. Gonzalez, a lawyer, was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco in 2003 as a member of the Green Party and remains a force in Northern California, where the party has some of its deepest support.

He rose in party leadership and was nearly elected Speaker in 1859.

Partly as a result, voters turned against LDP-backed candidates in several local contests earlier this year, electing or nearly electing outsiders as mayors and governors.

About one in four of the nearly 7,400 elected representatives across the country do not possess a four-year college degree, according to a report released Sunday evening by The Chronicle of Higher Education in Washington.

Ms. Rhodd-Cummings has been endorsed by Representative Meeks as well nearly every elected official in southeastern Queens, which leads most Queens politicians to predict that she will prevail.

Republicans hold nearly every elected office in Wyoming, one of the most conservative states in the country.

Nearly everyone — elected officials, the media, ideologues of every stripe — ignored these reports.