Sentence examples for won a contested from inspiring English sources

APPALACHIAN EARMARKS Mr. Rogers, 72, won a contested race to take charge of the panel responsible for all federal spending.

In Virginia, Robert Hurt, a state senator, easily won a contested Republican primary to challenge Representative Tom Perriello, a freshman Democrat, in November.

A former public defender, prosecutor and judge, Mr. Johnson won a contested election in 1988 with the backing of Democratic leaders to become the first black district attorney in the state.

Certainly when Saudi Arabia won a contested election some years ago, many of the hands that were raised in its favour seemed to have gold Rolexes discernible on the wrists.

The EU is calling on Burundi to hold talks on human rights violations after President Pierre ­Nkurunziza won a contested third term as leader of his impoverished central African country, EU diplomatic sources said yesterday.

The chances of Democrats finding that type of candidate in other districts demographically similar to the suburbs and exurbs of Pittsburgh are pretty slim, Steel said, adding that Lamb got the nomination at a convention and likely would not have won a contested primary.

This is a contrarian state, and no one since Jimmy Carter in 1980 has won a contested New Hampshire primary after winning a contested Iowa caucus.

The last candidate to win a contested caucus and be elected president was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The last candidate in either party to win a contested Iowa caucus and go on to victory in November was, in fact, Mr. Carter in 1976.

A politically moderate intellectual who led Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Mr. Wahid became the first person to win a contested presidential election, in 1999, outflanking the more powerful candidate, Megawati Sukarnoputri, in a parliamentary vote.

Now regarded as a contender for the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice David H. Souter, she has been breaking barriers ever since, becoming the youngest Superior Court judge ever to serve in Georgia and then, in 1992, the youngest justice on the Georgia Supreme Court and the first woman to win a contested statewide race for re-election.