Sentence examples for run for speaker from inspiring English sources

King said Ryan, an influential voice on budgetary matters who was Mitt Romney's presidential running mate in 2012, was the only person with the clout to run for speaker.

"Will you run for speaker?" she asked.

"He was going to be President one day, and I was going to run for Speaker.

Anybody out there want to run for Speaker of the House?

He didn't run for Speaker; he invited the Speakership to run for him.

Sources reportedly told the Washington Post, meanwhile, that Boehner had called Ryan twice to ask him to run for speaker.

"If there is no viable alternative, I will be running for Speaker of the House," Mr. Shuler said during a debate broadcast Wednesday on WWNC radio in North Carolina.

"When I ran for office, when I ran for speaker, everybody had lots of reasons why you shouldn't do it," he said.

But Council members remained unsatisfied yesterday, with three of the incumbents who are running for speaker among the most vociferous in their questioning.

As she ran for speaker, these lawmakers say, she promised to pursue extending term limits but then retreated after a poll came back with mixed results.

Mr Ryan will first share his decision with colleagues behind closed doors on Tuesday, and, if it's a "yes" to running for speaker, thereafter meet with members of the Freedom Caucus.