Sentence examples for threatening election from inspiring English sources

That is, wasteful projects placed in spending bills by members of Congress - which is controlled by Democrats, who do not appreciate the suggestion that, while doing Mr. Obama's bidding in a threatening election season, they have not been minding the fiscal store.

However, the Taliban leader did not explicitly threaten election workers, and during previous election campaigns officials with the election commission were not singled out for attack.

Unfortunately, the remaining 50percentt still threatens elections, civil discourse, dissident safety and political unity across the globe.

Prior to the election, Iowa and Texas threatened international election observers with criminal sanctions if they came too close to polling locations (within 300 feet in Iowa, 100 feet in Texas).

With rising fuel prices threatening his election chances, even Jose Serra, the candidate chosen by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to run as his successor in October's vote, has said that the government got it wrong.

The mayor of Tower Hamlets has failed to stop a legal challenge which has been threatening his election victory.

If not, the Fixed Term Parliament Act – passed in haste to be deeply regretted by all – means he can't threaten an election to bully minor parties into supporting him.

The Taliban have threatened the election and everyone associated with it, so the building where they work is secured by guards and blast walls.

And, despite polling, members are not likely to cast a vote that threatens their election.

The separatists of the Donetsk People's Republic openly threatened the election in the region and had stormed a number of electoral commissions and intimidated electoral workers.

The fallout from the storm has introduced another variable to the election, threatening to depress turnout in two downstate districts where Republicans had hoped to pick up Senate seats and fortify their majority.