How to Use major party in a Sentence

major party

noun

• Both remain crucial to the prospects of the two major parties.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• The bill had the support of all of Thailand’s major parties and was more than a decade in the making.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• The idea is that having a judge from each major party helps keep the count fair and honest.
  — Kim Crockett, Star Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
• Buttigieg was the first out gay man to run for president from a major party.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2020
• Harris is the first Black and South Asian woman to lead a major party ticket.
  — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2024
• This marks a slight drop in registration for both major parties over the past four years.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
• In times past, many state delegations to the Senate were split between the two major parties.
  — Dan Balz and Clara Ence Morse, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
• The first woman to have her name placed in nomination by a major party.
  — cleveland, 12 Aug. 2020
• Jeffries becomes the first Black person to lead a major party in either the House or Senate.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• More than sixty per cent of the electorate doesn’t identify with a major party.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
• Biden and Trump are the two oldest major party candidates ever to get on the ballot.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
• Allen, 49, enters the field as the first Black woman to run for governor as part of a major party in state history.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2021
• This does not shield them, however, from the meddling of major party leaders.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022
• Oz is believed to be the first Muslim nominee for Senate from a major party.
  — Liam Stack, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• The two major parties that support the ban will contest a federal election next year.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024
• Lawmakers of both major parties and small businesses that were turned away said the bulk of the money had gone to large hotel and restaurant chains.
  — Author: Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2020
• Of course Tom Cotton--the man the left loves to hate in Arkansas--wouldn't have major party opposition.
  — Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2020
• Harris is the first Black woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
• On the campaign trail, Biden proposed the most aggressive plan of any major party nominee to try to slow that warming.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2020
• Anthony says the time is long overdue for a Black woman to reach the national ticket of a major party.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2020
• The number of House members who are not facing an opponent from the other major party.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 27 Oct. 2022
• Abrams ran for governor of Georgia in 2018, the first Black woman to run for governor of any state on a major party's ticket.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2020
• Since both major party nominees live outside of the district this year — a first in Utah — that likely won’t become a point of contention in this race.
  — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
• Harris is the first Black woman and first Asian American woman to run on a major party ticket.
  — National Geographic, 17 Aug. 2020
• Less than half the Democratic respondents supported the idea of a third major party, Gallup found.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
• Both major parties are aiming to sway voters in the struggle for Senate control.
  — Shannon McDonagh, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
• The first black woman to run as a major party candidate for president.
  — cleveland, 12 Aug. 2020
• January 6 showed how fragile that democracy is, and the year since has confirmed that at least one major party will not be a partner in the fight to defend it.
  — Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
• One hundred years after some women gained the right to vote, Kamala Harris emerged as the first woman of Black and Asian descent to run on a major party ticket.
  — Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Star Tribune, 16 Nov. 2020
• This year’s election was about as fractious with neither major party’s presidential nominee earning 50% of the vote.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024