How to Use gubernatorial in a Sentence

gubernatorial

adjective
Definition of gubernatorialnext
  • In the 2022 gubernatorial race, Kelly won four out of the five largest counties in the district.
    — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
  • What the gubernatorial ads say McCormick made a six-figure ad buy and plans to stay on the air through the election, a campaign spokesperson said.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And yet, more often than not over the past three decades, gubernatorial races are won in Connecticut by just a few points, often with less than 50% of the total vote.
    — Hartford Courant, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Although the bill did not receive final approval from Landry, the time for gubernatorial action - to sign or veto the bill - has lapsed.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2024
  • After his landslide victory in the 2022 gubernatorial election, he was viewed as a nascent kingmaker in the party with the best chance to help the party turn the page on Trump.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • That figure is based on the number of votes cast during the last gubernatorial election.
    — Carleen Johnson | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 July 2024
  • Even days later, Lake hasn't conceded the race and is the only swing state gubernatorial candidate who lost this year not to do so.
    — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The numbers represent a quarter of the votes cast in each district in the 2022 gubernatorial election.
    — Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2024
  • Lake, the 2022 GOP gubernatorial nominee, wanted more than one debate, but Gallego, who is leading in the polls, did not agree to do so.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024
  • That’s enough to override a gubernatorial veto in that house.
    — Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Lots more money will be needed; a record $100 million was spent on the past gubernatorial campaign, with Mr. Shapiro accounting for more than half of it.
    — Readers, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The gubernatorial race will be decided in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states as the ruling party scrambles to regain lost ground in key states.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Beto O'Rourke will face off in the first and likely only debate Friday night in the state's gubernatorial election this year.
    — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
  • After her narrow loss in the 2022 gubernatorial race, Lake continued to press to overturn the election in court.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But last year incumbent Abbott buried O’Rourke in the gubernatorial race by some 11 points.
    — Dana Liebelson, The New Republic, 29 May 2023
  • Two days later, Brnovich, who had pondered a gubernatorial bid as well, jumped into the Senate race.
    — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Florida Democrats in recent Senate and gubernatorial races have held high hopes that failed to bear fruit.
    — Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Wednesday marks the first time since at least 2003 that one of the major party gubernatorial candidates skipped the forum put on by the farm bureau, which bills itself as the voice of agriculture.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 26 July 2023
  • The race is one of several gubernatorial contests that will be on the national radar during the 2022 midterm elections.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • After Beshear's victory, some observers noted the fact that, since 2003, the party that wins the Kentucky gubernatorial race has always gone on to win the White House the following year.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Hochul is facing immense internal pressure from New York Democrats who want to oust her for the 2026 gubernatorial race.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Nearly all of the 49 tribes united against the governor during the last gubernatorial election, the New York Times reported.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 3 May 2023
  • This, too, is improbable—the gubernatorial candidates in key swing states who would have enabled such a theft all lost.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 5 Feb. 2023
  • This likely will be the case in swing states with both Senate and gubernatorial races on the ballot, such as the Atlanta, Phoenix, and Philadelphia media markets.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The North Carolina gubernatorial race is lost, a month and half before it is even formally set to take place in November.
    — The Editors, National Review, 24 Sep. 2024
  • In one primary debate, Dixon had raised her hand along with the rest of the Republican gubernatorial field when asked if there was enough fraud to impact the 2020 election results.
    — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Springer launched a campaign in the early 1980s for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Ohio, but did not win.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Lake lost her Arizona gubernatorial bid in 2022 and her Arizona Senate bid last month.
    — Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Michigan was one of five states where 2022 gubernatorial contests were between two women, a U.S. record.
    — Sara Burnett, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Along with a contentious gubernatorial race, Democrats are hoping to come away with a win in the presidential election in North Carolina.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024

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