Sentence examples for nomination to him from inspiring English sources

It is expected that Mr Obama will earn a majority of elected delegates for the nomination today, suggesting that a majority of superdelegates will deliver the nomination to him.

Of course, before Mr. Romney can truly focus on Mr. Obama he has a few other people to worry about: the other major Republican candidates who are not exactly ready to cede the nomination to him just yet.

Buried here too is William Lewis Dayton, the first Republican vice presidential candidate who defeated Lincoln for the position in 1856 but lost the presidential nomination to him in 1860.

The only cases where a candidate came from behind to win were in 1972, when Edmund S. Muskie had a narrow 2-point lead in the polls over Hubert H. Humphrey, but George McGovern, far back in the polls, went on to win the race, and 2008, when Hillary Clinton had a 9-point lead over Barack Obama after New Hampshire but lost the nomination to him.

He also knows that the delegate math is heavily against him and that, if he doesn't manage to overtake Clinton in pledged delegates, he has virtually no chance of persuading enough superdelegates to switch sides and swing the nomination to him.

The campaign's director of strategy, Alex Gage, sent a memorandum to supporters on Thursday that highlighted exit poll data from the previous nominating contests, saying just a few percentage points of support to Mr. Romney from conservatives would swing the nomination to him.

These stands led many liberals who had opposed his nomination to praise him, and many conservatives who had supported his appointment to vilify him.

Three men are jostling for the Democratic nomination to replace him.

Mr. Pataki also gave a positive review to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination to challenge him in 2002.

Yes, he was one of those MPs who'd "lent" Corbyn his nomination to let him into the Labour leadership race in the first place.

The two Republicans fighting for the nomination to oppose him, Dick Zimmer and Michael Pappas, were trailing, Mr. Zimmer with $674,390 in receipts and Mr. Pappas with $123,476.