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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

“A caucus they could pull off; if they want to be as open and inclusive as possible, that’s probably their best option.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Martha, who had been carefully coached in private caucus, arose.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Kiley still caucuses with congressional Republicans but says he won’t if reelected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

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

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

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

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

But he would not be caucusing for Mr. Hutchinson: “I’m a Democrat.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 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

This occasioned great excitement, much caucusing and threatening on the part of the Southern members, but nothing else.

From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by John George Nicolay


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