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caucus

[kaw-kuhs] / ˈkɔ kəs /


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"I have the full support of our caucus... Our caucus is united, and it is determined to win this election," he told reporters after the meeting which lasted more than three hours.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

But after Gaetz withdrew, Trump’s replacement, Pam Bondi, won bipartisan confirmation with the support of the entire Republican caucus.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

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

In the preceding days, he’d been pulling members of the committee aside in the caucus room to lobby them.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

There’s a saying in Iowa, around its presidential caucuses.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, said in a lengthy video message released recently.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2025

The independent senator caucuses with the Democrats and was a key vote in the deal to reopen the government.

From Salon Dec. 3, 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

On one of the coldest nights of the year, a record number of Iowans had fanned out to their local caucuses, almost double the turnout from four years earlier.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Jones, who works part-time at a hospital, said she has never caucused before.

From Reuters Oct. 27, 2023

As he took his place on the stand, lawyers caucused briefly over how to address the witness, who also goes by the title Duke of Sussex.

From New York Times Jun. 6, 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

Iowa officials predicted the turnout would rival 2008, when Obama and Hillary Clinton were competing and 238,000 people caucused in the Democratic contest.

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2020

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

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

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

Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, was the only lawmaker caucusing with Democrats to oppose the bill.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 2022

This practically concluded Republican caucusing for the session.

From Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 by Franklin Hichborn




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