Sentence examples for nomination to state from inspiring English sources

McAuliffe ran an unsuccessful bid for the office in 2009, when he lost the Democratic nomination to state Sen. Creigh Deeds.

Senators flouted the governor's orders again on Saturday, despite his attempt to call their bluff by forcing them to act on a number of nominations to state commissions and boards.

His departure gives Gov. James E. McGreevey the opportunity to make his first nomination to the state's highest court, among the most highly regarded in the nation.

At the time, the Whitman administration was under political fire on the profiling issue and the attorney general then, Peter G. Verniero, was about to face hearings in the State Senate on his nomination to the state's Supreme Court.

Jackson and his advisers realized that if they left the nomination to the state legislatures, where Calhoun had a lot of support, they'd be stuck with him again.

After preliminary review, the SHPO sends each nomination to the state's historic review commission, which then recommends whether the State Historic Preservation Officer should send the nomination to the Keeper of the National Register.

As of last night, Maldonado was holding out for changes in the state election laws that would make it easier for him to get the Republican nomination to run for state controller.

The 9-to-1 vote sends the nomination to the full State Senate.

Only hours after Mr. McCain's double-digit victory in the New Hampshire primary dramatically altered the Republican race, Mr. McCain and a humbled Gov. George W. Bush shifted their battle for the nomination to this conservative state.

After using an obscure legislative tactic to block four nominations to the state Highlands Commission, State Senator Anthony R. Bucco declared a symbolic victory last week and then released his stranglehold.

Mr. Paterson also called the Senate back into session at 1 p.m. on Saturday to consider nominations to various state boards and commissions, a move meant to force senators to convene by turning their own legal argument against them.