Sentence examples for third consecutive election from inspiring English sources

By 1988, Labour had lost its third consecutive election to Thatcher's Conservatives.

But he enjoys popular support at home: last year, he won his third consecutive election victory in Gujarat.

It marks the third consecutive election in which a Libertarian has cost the Republican Party a Senate seat.

May: Labour wins its third consecutive election under Blair, but with its majority reduced to 66 seats.

AS THE blood and dust began to settle after the Conservatives' third consecutive election defeat, in 2005, the party started facing up to a big problem.

Nader's decision to throw his hat in to the ring to stand for president for the third consecutive election has Democrats spitting blood and Republicans cheering.

It was the second consecutive election in which Stevenson lost to Eisenhower.

Democrats swept every statewide office for the second consecutive election cycle.

The results suggested that for the second consecutive election cycle, Republicans' high hopes for a takeover of the Senate were dashed in large part by their own candidates.

For the second consecutive election — counting 2010 — Rasmussen Reports polls had a statistical bias toward Republicans, overestimating Mr. Romney's performance by about four percentage points, on average.

Not for more than a century has any government, with the exception of the Conservatives of 1979-1997, had a fourth consecutive election victory.