Sentence examples for rival within from inspiring English sources

But the attorney general is Andrew M. Cuomo, the governor's top rival within the Democratic Party.

Even so, Mr Wulff's election neatly sidelines the chancellor's last serious rival within the party.

In 2001 he replaced a rival within the BJP to become the chief minister of his home state.

He has also tightened his grip on government by dismissing Guy Scott, a rival within his own party, Patriotic Front.

Mrs Merkel preferred Christian Wulff, premier of Lower Saxony and a rival within her Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Mr. Lieberman is an ally of Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister and Mr. Sharon's chief rival within his own party, Likud.

Gregor Gysi and Oskar Lafontaine are, respectively, the darling of the former communist left, and Mr Schröder's former arch-rival within the Social Democrats (SPD .Mr Gysi and Mr Lafontaine are surprisingly similar.

He seems to be hoping to sap the lifeblood of his rivals within the party.

He has since devoted much of his time to courting his rivals within the party.

Sometimes rivals within the federal administration back opposing sides in the same dispute.

And then tendentiousness — how we love the frisson between rivals within a performance.