Sentence examples for republican norm from inspiring English sources

Reversing the Republican norm, however, the latest polls show a lead for the Democratic candidate for county executive, Assemblyman Steve Levy.

So, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty's campaign lawyer is one of the five judges that will decide Republican Norm Coleman's appeal.

He is running to reclaim the seat of the beloved Paul Wellstone, which was taken (after Wellstone's tragic death in a plane crash) by Republican Norm Coleman.

The only issue where Graham stood out was climate change -- bucking the Republican norm by acknowledge that it's real and America needs to do something about it.

In 2008 DFLer and former comedian and radio talk show host Al Franken beat incumbent Republican Norm Coleman in the United States Senate race by 312 votes out of 3 million cast.

He explained that his very close race against Republican Norm Coleman might have turned out differently if "301 people (his margin of victory) had said, 'we don't like that' I would have lost".

The wiles and guile of Islamic fundamentalism were given free reign as never before, threatening not only republican norms but the spiritual wellbeing of the average moderate, and presumably pro-democracy, Sunni Muslim on the street.

Mondale accepted the nomination but was narrowly defeated by Republican Norm Coleman.

He told Republican Norm Coleman: "I know that standards have slipped.

In Minnesota, the incumbent Republican, Norm Coleman, holds a microscopic lead 215 votes out of 2.9m cast over the Democrat, Al Franken, an ex-comedian and the author of a thoughtful book called "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot".

A panel of judges ruled that Al Franken, the Democrat, had won by a margin of 312 votes, but the incumbent Republican, Norm Coleman, seemed likely to lodge an appeal.Rod Blagojevich pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges.