Caucus

//ˈkɔ(ː).kəs//

"Caucus" in a Sentence (17 examples)

Some states select primary candidates by caucus, while others hold an election.

Tom won the Iowa caucus but did not become president.

Tom led the small opposition caucus in parliament.

That person is elected by the majority party caucus.

He was elected chairman of the caucus in 2002.

Tom has just returned from Boston, where he attended his party's state caucus to select candidates for the general election.

Because the Green Party in Canada has only one elected member of parliament, she sometimes jokes that she can hold caucus meetings in a telephone booth or a cloakroom.

Although Mary is a scholar of aboriginal linguistics, even she was surprised to learn that "caucus" derives from an Algonquian word meaning "tribal elders."

The elected members of a party will often meet in a private caucus to agree on a unified response to proposed government legislation.

The democratic caucus was rigged in her favor.

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He conferred with Mr. Warren of Plymouth upon the necessity of giving into spirited measures, and then said, "Do you keep the committee in play, and I will go and make a caucus against the evening; and do you meet me."

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut said yesterday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats in the new Congress, but he would not rule out switching to the Republican caucus if he starts to feel uncomfortable among Democrats.

The diehard Republicans of Kansas caucused today and delivered a big victory for Mike Huckabee, McCain's remaining serious challenger.

Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Doug Jones of Alabama and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona voted with Republicans against the measure, as did Sen. Angus King of Maine, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats.

Guardian Australia understands the Liberal states have caucused, and they want the newly elected Morrison government to reboot the Neg, or something very like it.

The protesters caucused nearby to discuss demands.

Although journalists from the private media were barred from entering the hall, different districts caucused the meeting, discussing the voting centres and other logistics.

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