Sentence examples for ranks of state from inspiring English sources

The Republican Party machine has largely closed ranks behind Romney and in some cases thinned the ranks of state delegations of some Paul supporters.

Putting at least one officer in each of the nation's schools could mean hiring as many as 100,000 people, he said, expanding the ranks of state and local officers by one-quarter.

Once again he recounted his personal story: rising from a youth that included years of homelessness to climb to the highest ranks of state government, serving as the leader of the Senate before he was indicted.

This question is at the heart of the debate over Texas's new abortion law, which bans abortions after 20 weeks and issues health regulations that could thin the ranks of state abortion clinics, making even first-trimester abortions harder to obtain.

It is an uncertain gambit for Mr. Pawlenty, who rose through the ranks of state politics over nearly two decades and now faces the tumult of a Republican presidential primary in which the path to the nomination is far from clear.

Pedro Espada Jr., the pugnacious former Democratic state senator who fought his way through a perennial cloud of suspicion to the top ranks of state government only to later become one of the most glaring examples of endemic corruption in Albany, was convicted on Monday of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the nonprofit health care network he founded.

At $8.73 an hour, Vermont, too, is among the ranks of states that already have a wage that is higher than the federal minimum wage.

But economic conditions, as well as an aggressive field organization by the Obama campaign, has thrust Missouri into the final ranks of states too close to call.

HOUSTON — In a victory for anti-abortion advocates, Texas will join the ranks of states that require doctors to perform a sonogram before conducting an abortion.

The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, said: "Today is a sad day in the history of Fremont as California joins the ranks of states adversely affected by the bankruptcy of General Motors and the worldwide collapse in demand for automobiles".

The Kansas group enjoyed strong support from the state government and Gov. Bill Graves, who hopes the raceway will help move Kansas out of the bottom ranks of states as a tourist attraction.