Sentence examples for obtained the nomination from inspiring English sources

In 1951, although dying of cancer, she obtained the nomination for vice president, but the army forced her to withdraw her candidacy.

The South Carolina Election Commission suggested there might be "irregularities" in the way I had obtained the nomination of the United Citizens Party, and voted 3-2 to recommend that SLED investigate.

Second, he still has a (very) slim chance of obtaining the nomination.

Apparently his slim chances of obtaining the nomination were a major factor in the decision.

The senator is seeking nomination from 20 MPs and senators or the backing of four city and county councils to obtain the nomination for the Irish presidency.

Shelving his criticisms of Mr Menem's "infamous decade" may be a necessary sacrifice to obtain the nomination.

If all these seats should be awarded to Mr. Roosevelt he would have 536 votes, whereas 540 are required to obtain the nomination.

Taylor organized a strong political machine and seemed in a solid position to obtain the nomination.

McKinley, however, was determined to obtain the nomination without making deals, and Hanna accepted that decision.

Coletta noted the problems faced by Bryan in obtaining the nomination, and how his groundwork helped overcome them: Bryan stayed at the Clifton House, a modest hotel adjoining the opulent Palmer House.

It was while he was there that he obtained the party's nomination for the Scottish constituency and he returned home to be unexpectedly elected to Westminster six weeks later, in what had previously been a Tory seat, in the 1983 Thatcher post-Falklands landslide.