bro·kered
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Definition of brokered
: arranged or controlled by brokers and especially power brokers
a brokered political convention
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To win outright—and to avoid a brokered Convention—a candidate will need to claim at least 1,991 delegates during the 2020 primary voting season.
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The New Yorker, "June 2nd Primaries Live Election Results," 2 June 2020
Nudging out candidates on the cusp of viability like Warren dramatically reduces the odds of a brokered convention, a scenario in which no candidate reaches the critical 1,991 threshold by Milwaukee.
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Chris Wilson, Time, "This Democratic Primary Rule Made Elizabeth Warren's Revival All But Impossible," 6 Mar. 2020
The treason case relates to Mr. Poroshenko’s negotiation of a French- and German-brokered settlement agreement with Russia in 2015 called the Minsk II accord, which forced painful concessions on Ukraine.
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Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, "Ukraine Is Threatening to Arrest Its Former President," 28 Feb. 2020
But the prospect of a brokered convention largely hinges on what happens if no one clears that 1,991 benchmark.
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Brianna Provenzano, refinery29.com, "Will There Be A Brokered Convention If No One Gets Enough Delegates?," 3 Mar. 2020
Some Democrats have even reached out to Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown as an alternative to a brokered convention, the New York Times reported.
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Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati.com, "Election 2020: What will Super Tuesday tell Ohio Democrats about the presidential race?," 2 Mar. 2020
In a brokered convention, superdelegates come into play.
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USA Today, "Why is Super Tuesday so important? What's a delegate? And what happens at a brokered convention?," 28 Feb. 2020
Committee officials have long insisted that a contested convention, sometimes called a brokered convention, is unlikely.
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Matt Stevens, BostonGlobe.com, "How to win the Democratic nomination, and why it could get complicated," 22 Feb. 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden is the next closest candidate with a distant 17 percent chance — but the possibility of a brokered convention is actually giving Sanders a run for his money.
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TheWeek, "Brokered convention gets close 2nd place in FiveThirtyEight's Democratic nomination forecast," 12 Feb. 2020
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