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
Neel Sannappa, chair of the California Democratic Party’s progressive caucus, said Raman was stymied by getting into the race late and having only a few months to campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Following the defection of Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter in 2009, Minority Leader McConnell presided over a Republican Conference of only 40 senators—the smallest GOP caucus in 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
As the congress drew to a close, I attended a caucus to plan the future of the clubs.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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Kiley still caucuses with congressional Republicans but says he won’t if reelected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
There’s a saying in Iowa, around its presidential caucuses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
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
She has also met Trump, at the Iowa caucuses in January 2023, two months after she competed in Miss USA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
After the Iowa caucuses, I’d decided to take a leave of absence from my position at the hospital, knowing that it would be impossible, really, to stay on and be effective.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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When she was a senator, she caucused with the conservative National Action Party, which had earlier pushed the energy sector reforms that forced a greater opening to the private sector.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Jones, who works part-time at a hospital, said she has never caucused before.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 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
For the first time in months of negotiations, there was immediate back and forth: MLB made a proposal, the union caucused and countered, and management is to respond Saturday.
From Fox News ● Feb. 26, 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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“Trump stood up for the people,” said Brett Potthoff, 30, an engineer from Sac City, Iowa, who considered caucusing for Mr. DeSantis but ultimately said he would support Mr. Trump.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
Monday, when people will be lining up to check-in before caucusing starts at 7 p.m., temperatures are expected to be minus 1 to minus 5 degrees, depending on what part of the state you're in.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2024
Ryan Clancy and Darrin Madison plan to hold their own meetings to advance their policy goals while also caucusing with Assembly Democrats.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2023
Despite caucusing with the most conservative members of Congress in the House Freedom Caucus, the libertarian-leaning Riggleman frequently worked across the aisle with Spanberger on issues such as expanding rural broadband.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2022
How he became the great political machinist of his day, and how, by his zeal, ability, and method, he elevated "caucusing" or party "wire pulling" into a recognised system—I had almost said a political science.
From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Thomas Anderton
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