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caucus

[kaw-kuhs] / ˈkɔ kəs /


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The caucus talks a lot about organizational structure and theory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

"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

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

Among those who crossed the political aisle to support it were 10 Republicans and Rep. Kevin Kiley, an independent from Rocklin, Calif., who caucuses with Republicans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

The independent senator from Vermont, who caucuses with Democrats in the nation’s Capitol, will appear Feb. 18 at the Wiltern in Los Angeles alongside prominent musical acts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 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

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

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

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

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

Temperatures are not forecast to rise above minus 2 degrees on Monday, and by the time caucusing begins, the wind chill could make it feel more like minus 35 degrees.

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

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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