Sentence examples for needed to be nominated from inspiring English sources

A last-minute rush of Democratic superdelegates, as well as the results from the final primaries, in Montana and South Dakota, pushed Mr. Obama over the threshold of winning the 2,118 delegates needed to be nominated at the party's convention in August.

After Blaine's failure in 1876, his supporters believed that he needed to be nominated at the 1880 convention in Chicago if he was ever going to be President, reasoning that if he tried for the nomination twice and failed, he could not count on another opportunity.

In order to ensure affiliation to a certain group, two students needed to be nominated as members of the same group at least four times (i.e., both students nominated themselves as members of the same group, and two other students also nominated them together as members of the same group).

To get on the ballot paper, a candidate needs to be nominated by at least 12.5% of Labour MPs.

A 13-year-veteran, Mr. Fitzgerald needs to be nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

Starting from the next election, candidates will need to be nominated by at least 15% of the members of the lower house.

To stand for election each candidate needs to be nominated by at least 15 per cent of Labour's MPs, meaning they need 35 of the Parliamentary party to back them.

The former prime minister, who was reportedly networking at a US conference of policymakers at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire – where the IMF was founded – last week, would need to be nominated for the post by the government.

Tristram Hunt has said he is "considering" a leadership bid but it is unlikely any more MPs will throw their hats into the ring because each candidate needs to be nominated by at least 35 of Labour's 232 MPs.

Under a rule change introduced in spring 2014 abolishing the old electoral college, any leadership candidate now needs to be nominated by 15% of the parliamentary Labour party, and not the previous 12.5%.

Like everyone else applying to become his party's candidate for 2016, Thomas will need to be nominated by at least five of the capital's 73 constituency parties in order to be interviewed by a shortlisting panel.