Sentence examples for nominate the former from inspiring English sources

Trump has yet to formally nominate the former pizza chain executive and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, but Cain already is facing head winds.

In an effort to find a way through the internal divisions, Bishop formulated a position where the Australian government could nominate the former Labor prime minister without formally endorsing his campaign.

After the vote was passed, 200 people marched down Rome's Via del Corso yelling "resign, resign!" Napolitano is expected to nominate the former EU commissioner Mario Monti to head a "technocratic" government.

A day before, those delegates tried to nominate the former Olympian Guy Drut of France to oppose Fahey; the former French sports minister Jean-François Lamour unexpectedly quit the race last month.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to nominate the former four-star general to head the agency, which oversees border security, US media reported.

"General Bolden takes over NASA at a critical time," said Senator Bill Nelson (D Fl), who pushed the White House to nominate the former astronaut and Marine Corps general.

In 1848 the Free-Soil Party nominated the former U.S. president Martin Van Buren to head its ticket.

Mr. Kissam had nominated the former hotel to the endangered list in hopes of bolstering the landmark bid.

Stockholm - TODAY I will send a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating the former mayor of New York City, Rudolph W. Giuliani, for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Two Norwegian politicians say they have jointly nominated the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel peace prize.

Trump has nominated the former Indiana senator Dan Coats to be the director of National Intelligence; the term of the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, will expire this year.