Sentence examples for nominate state from inspiring English sources

In the first of a clutch of primary elections that are likely to play a decisive role in the race to control the US Senate, Republican voters voted to nominate state House speaker Thom Tillis as their candidate for November's midterm battle.

In addition to congressional and state legislative seats, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is up for a second term, with Republicans likely to nominate state Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) as his opponent.

Nevada is an important early nominating state, and the Edwards campaign for the presidential nomination had been courting the robust labor movement there in hopes of making a strong showing in its caucuses, which are scheduled between the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

Candidates were nominated state by state -- by the legislatures or by caucuses of Congressmen -- not nationally.

And Florida is the first early nominating state to not be made up almost entirely of white voters.

"I am looking at it very seriously," he said a day after making a campaign-style trip to South Carolina, another early nominating state.

—Allison Kopicki Hispanic Voters Florida is the first early nominating state to have a significant block of Hispanic voters, and the exit polls highlight the state's diverse nature.

Read the full article — JEREMY W. PETERS Florida is the first early nominating state to have a significant block of Hispanic voters, and the exit polls highlight the state's diverse nature.

— MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND DALIA SUSSMAN — TODD HEISLER — STEPHEN CROWLEY Another first for Florida — it's the first early nominating state to have primary voters living in major urban centers.

At campaign stops, Democratic candidates are frequently asked, often in hostile tones, what they are going to do about the influx of immigrants, mainly from Mexico and Central America, that are streaming into Iowa and changing the culture, and potentially, the political landscape of this early nominating state.

Mitt Romney's presidential campaign plans to begin running a negative television advertisement today in Iowa highlighting Mike Huckabee's record on immigration, escalating the warfare between the two Republican candidates as they scramble for support in the nation's first nominating state.