Sentence examples for supported won from inspiring English sources

Mr. Kirchner's hand was also strengthened when Peronist candidates for governor and Congress whom he supported won handily in three provinces, including Buenos Aires, which has nearly 40percentt of the country's population.

None of the candidates Crossroads supported won their races, but, nonetheless, the groups are planning a new lobbying and advertising effort on the fiscal cliff, as well as energy and health care issues, according to Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper.

Dirksen, and indeed all the candidates McCarthy supported, won their elections, and those he opposed lost.

Trial lawyers also prevailed in Oklahoma, where their spending helped retain four justices, and in Louisiana, where the Republican candidate they supported won the seat.

Last Sunday, Manchester City, the club I grew up supporting, won the Premier League, 44 years after their last championship.

"I think English fans support winning teams.

"And, therefore, I guess, whether we win -- whether your side, the side you're supporting, wins or loses -- it doesn't change that.

He's just interested in making sure that the party he supports wins," Mr Howard told BBC Radio 4's Profile.

When people vote, they're more invested in the outcome -- particularly when the candidates and ballot measures they support win.

Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's secular coalition -- which many Sunnis supported -- won a plurality of votes, claiming victory.

Platini, with that support, won and Johansson felt deeply betrayed, the Uefa chief executive, Lars-Christer Olsson, resigning in protest.