Sentence examples for nominee against from inspiring English sources

A contested primary race weakens the nominee against an incumbent.

"There probably hasn't been this level of personal invective by one Republican nominee against another leading candidate," Mr. Greenberg said.

Mr. Santorum's failure to capitalize on his momentum threatened to undermine his argument that Mr. Romney will not be an ineffective nominee against Mr. Obama in the fall.

One reason the administration pursued missile defense was to protect Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential nominee, against charges that the Clinton administration was soft on defense.

I think that's a necessary process because we've got to make sure that our nominee is the strongest possible nominee against George Bush".

"Commander in Chief" is a political fantasy, a feminist twist on "The West Wing," which this season pits a Hispanic Democratic nominee against a Republican challenger.

Pershing Square used the universal ballot to its advantage, matching each of its director nominees against a Canadian Pacific one.

We've prepared an interactive quiz that pits all nine of this year's Best Picture nominees against other Oscar-nominated movies of years past.

The poll tested four Republican possible nominees against the President.

Playing for the Rockers team of Juno nominees against the Greats team of former National Hockey League players, she was awarded a penalty shot after a fight with Troy Crowder.

Mr. Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, is against the measure.