Sentence examples similar to raising election from inspiring English sources
Like most politically appointed ambassadors, Barzun raised election funds for the president, but the tag "fundraiser" does not describe him well.
China's government insisted it had no money to fritter away on such things.According to a Washington Post-ABC poll, a large majority of Americans think Bill Clinton should not have used White House bedrooms to raise election money.
"They're wasting taxpayer money to turn a tragedy into a phony scandal – all to rally their base and raise election funds".
If campaign expenditure reform is not one of the most hotly-debated issues of the 2012 elections, it should be: it is becoming increasingly evident that the mechanisms and sources through which candidates raise election capital have an enormous influence on their political speech.
Using this RDD, I am able to assess whether chance nomination of female candidates to run in the general election affected the amount of campaign funds raised, general election vote share and probability of victory in House elections between 1982 and 2012.
She raised the election drama in a solicitation she mailed to Floridians last month.
In what looks like a blatant attempt to penalise minor parties, the authorities tried (but failed) to raise the election threshold to 8%, the highest in Europe.
Legislators are notoriously reluctant to vote for pay raises in election years, which means further procrastination could well end up freezing judicial pay until 2009.
Texas campaign finance laws don't require final election spending reports from candidates until mid-January; that is also when the candidates will show how much they have raised since Election Day and how much money they have on hand.
Concerns over infrastructure shortfalls linked to plans for thousands of homes in Cambridgeshire have been raised by election candidates.
Still, lawmakers agree that it could have a significant impact on the way money is raised for elections and on legislation passed after those elections are won.
