Sentence examples for primary because of from inspiring English sources

Mr Specter defeated Mr Toomey in a 2004 primary because of moderate voters, more than 100,000 of whom have since become Democrats and independents.

The judges had twice pushed back the primary because of a redistricting dispute.

And yet earlier in the day, in Charleston, he suggested that his wife might lose the primary because of race.

The delay of the primary because of the World Trade Center attack may add to difficulties, the group said.

He said he usually votes for Democrats but backed someone else in the primary because of Roem's transgender status.

Voters should not be forced to foot the bill for an extra state primary because of the Legislature's continued intransigence.

Most of those who lose are New York City Democrats who fall in primaries because of shifting ethnic populations in their districts or factional disputes within the party.

O'Connor was one of several Democrats whom Roosevelt sought to defeat in the 1938 primaries because of their opposition to the New Deal, but only O'Connor lost.

So Mr. Davis has quietly assured pro-tax Republicans they will have support from his potent political machine if they are challenged in primaries because of their vote.

Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania on Tuesday stilled talk that she should consider quitting the race before the end of the primaries because of Obama's significant advantage in pledged delegates.

There are few examples of Republicans who have lost primaries because of their immigration stance, and Newt Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, won the South Carolina Republican contest last year even though he was attacked as soft on immigration.