How to Use election in a Sentence

election

noun
  • He's favored to win the election.
  • The scandal may affect his chances for election.
  • Her election to the Senate was a surprise to many.
  • Here's what the case means for Trump and the 2024 election.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 9 June 2023
  • There are less than 12 months before the next election.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Both Imhoff and Robert will have to defend their seats in the 2026 council elections.
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Of those 99 chambers, 88 have seats up for election this year.
    Karim Doumar, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2022
  • That happens to be the exact result of the 2020 election across those four states.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
  • In the last election cycle, far-right members took 17% of seats.
    Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2024
  • But the election is happening, and the votes will be counted.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
  • Harris could be seen as a beacon of hope in this election.
    Liz Simmons, StyleCaster, 24 July 2024
  • The Iowa caucuses that mark the official start of the 2024 election are just forty-six days away.
    Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats are saying that this bill will cause the Republicans to lose the House in the midterm elections.
    Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2025
  • Kaptur is one of five House Democrats up for re-election in a district Trump won in 2020.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Most are aimed at slices of AI, such as the use of deepfakes in elections or to make pornography.
    CBS News, 24 May 2024
  • The people who were upset thought the election was being stolen.
    Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Being stuck in Washington in the days before the election isn't one of them.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 26 Sep. 2024
  • After the 2026 elections, the whip position will be up for grabs.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Fontes praised Penzone for his efforts in a tense election year.
    The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Which day of the week is reserved for federal elections in the United States?
    CNN, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Simply put, the best case for Rose’s eventual election to the Hall of Fame is mercy.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • The first round of the French elections is scheduled for June 30, followed by a second round on July 7.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 18 June 2024
  • Of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, how many of them will be up for election this year?
    CNN, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Many in the nation of 51 million are seeing light at the end of the tunnel as the June 3 election approaches.
    William Pesek, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Since winning the election, the lira has been in free fall, plummeting by more than 15%.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • But most everywhere Harris goes these days, the election is on the minds of many people.
    Sabrina Rodriguez, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
  • Those views are likely to weigh heavy on the November election.
    Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
  • One of the leading causes for their anxiety was the 2024 U.S. election.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Chan said that some of the hostile rhetoric has already begun to seep into the election cycle.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Rollins and Arroyo are friends, and the report chronicles their hundreds of texts about the election.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 17 May 2023

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