caucus
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Party officials are reportedly talking about holding a statewide caucus or mini-convention to choose a replacement.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
In our study, leadership included the speaker, party leaders, whips, caucus or conference chairs, and committee chairs or ranking members.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
"Anyone with a large family knows. Everything works out in the end," said Carlos Portinho, leader of the PL caucus in the Senate.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
"That is how I would vote on separation in a provincial referendum," she said, adding that "it is also the position of my government and my caucus."
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
"No meeting, but just the same there has been a caucus and decisions have been reached even before the event is finished."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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After leaving professional campaign consulting in the mid-1990s, and making a substantial fortune in real estate, Reilly gave prolifically to various charities and assorted civic caucuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
But that overlooks the degree to which Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune kept their caucuses together for a few important bits of action.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
They were joined by Maine's Angus King, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, who also voted to reopen the government.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
And Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with the Democrats, actually voted to confirm Divine because Sen. Josh Hawley gave him a “strong reference.”
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2025
He took the lead in about half the Iowa polls and was only gaining steam as the caucuses approached.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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And though he drew crowds, many in his audience had never caucused, and his campaign lacked a robust operation to target, educate or motivate them.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Jones, who works part-time at a hospital, said she has never caucused before.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2023
Mary Kinney, a Republican from Des Moines who caucused for Trump in 2016, was also critical of the charges.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
The price point for a deal remains around $50 million a season, according to those I have caucused, and Jackson almost certainly will seek record guarantees.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
We caucused among ourselves and lobbied all the residents of the house, and within weeks elected our own House Committee, defeating the upperclassmen.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Voters also wondered whether they could participate in both contests, or if casting a primary ballot and caucusing would constitute an illegal attempt to vote twice.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
Iowa residents can switch their party registrations in advance or in person on the night of the caucus, but caucusing takes time and deliberate effort.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Carroll Hinchion, a 30-year-old independent, is considering caucusing with Republicans as well and came to hear DeSantis in Council Bluffs.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Former delegate Lacey Putney, a Bedford Democrat turned independent who ended his career caucusing with Republicans, still holds the record as the state’s longest-serving legislator, serving 52 years, from 1962 to 2014.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
There are cliques and puffings and jealousies, quarrels of authors, tricks of trade, caucusing in politics, hypocrisy among the deacons.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various
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