caucus
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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
"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
He held the title only because Vermont’s Jim Jeffords recently had switched to the Democratic caucus, pushing the former president pro tem, 98-year-old Strom Thurmond, into the minority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 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
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With Mejia’s addition, Democrats will have 214 representatives, while Republicans have 217, and one independent caucuses with the GOP.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 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
Even with the heavy focus on the redistricting ballot measure, gubernatorial candidates were also skittering around the convention, speaking to various caucuses, greeting delegates in the hallways and holding private meetings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025
We were in the process of building a massive grassroots campaign network—ultimately two hundred staffers in thirty-seven offices—the largest in the history of the Iowa caucuses.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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De Haan, a psychotherapist, said that she had not caucused in years but was looking forward to participating this time.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
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
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
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
Some important business appeared on the carpet, for there was much caucusing, much private conversation, many eager faces, and much putting together of heads.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
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