Sentence examples for preferring candidate from inspiring English sources

Among Clinton supporters, there was a rather widely held view that women's group (and many feminist) were either ineffectual or complicit in Clinton's demise, preferring candidate Obama.

"In the first round you choose from within the left or the right your preferred candidate.

In 1984, Mitch McConnell narrowly beat AIPAC supporters' preferred candidate, the incumbent Democrat Walter Huddleston.

What makes Ms. Murkowski's potential victory different and especially surprising is that she was, in fact, her party's original preferred candidate.

The current head of the Advertising Standards Authority is the ministry's preferred candidate to replace Mr Thomas when he steps down in June.

Last week, Conservative MPs on the committee sought to block the Lib Dems' preferred candidate for the role of the head of the Office for Fair Access (Offa).

It's also been confirmed that Les Ebdon, Vince Cable's preferred candidate for the job of university access tsar, has been vetoed by a parliamentary committee.

Lord Coe, the Conservatives' preferred candidate to replace Lord Patten as BBC Trust chair, has withdrawn from the recruitment process just days before interviews are due to begin.

The biggest fear among Republicans is of divisive primaries in which Tea Party-backed candidates prevail in states where they cannot win the general election, as happened in 2010 in Delaware, Colorado and Nevada, or that weaken the preferred candidate in the process.

These voters' preferred candidate profile can be inferred from the characteristics of their favored candidates: Bob Dole in 1996, George W. Bush in 2000, John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012.

Mr Scott, who is barred from running for president himself because his parents were not Zambian-born, tried to oust Mr Lungu from the party and install his preferred candidate.