Sentence examples for triggered a contest from inspiring English sources

Apart from Cantor's dramatic defeat, which led him to stand down as majority leader and triggered a contest for power, the Tea Party movement has struggled to secure prominent scalps during this primary season, having funded deeply conservative candidates who failed in Senate primaries in Kentucky, Georgia and North Carolina.

Michael Heseltine then challenged her for the Conservative party leadership, triggering a contest from which she subsequently withdrew.

They require the backing of 75 parties to trigger a contest.

Labour MPs can see the essential ridiculousness of triggering a contest a year after the last one with the incumbent the favourite to win the leadership again.

Allies of Eagle expect her to trigger a contest as early as Monday if Watson is unable to persuade Corbyn to quit.

Lord Falconer uses his essay to join the campaign for new powers of recall in which an unhappy electorate would be able to trigger a contest to get rid of an unpopular MP.

Even if 80 Labour MPs publicly call for him to go, Labour's rules make it hard to trigger a contest (you need 20% of the PLP, and then a majority in a card vote at conference) and the cabinet "men in grey suits" are not going to come after Brown because he's just given them new or better jobs.

If Ms Sturgeon becomes leader, that would trigger a contest for the deputy leadership of the SNP.

McCluskey triggered a leadership contest last week by giving notice of his resignation, then immediately announced he would be standing for a third term.

The next step is likely to be a vote of no confidence which, if it passes, would trigger a leadership contest with the current incumbent as a candidate.

Mr Danczuk, who is on the party's right wing, is understood to be considering a challenge that he hopes would trigger a wider contest.