It was the nation's first election since two thousand five.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

I'm going to go away from studying imperfect competition and go back and visit something we studied almost the first day or maybe the second day, and that election.

我将放下不完全竞争,而是返回去讲我们几乎是第一天,或者是第二天学习的一些内容,就是选举

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

We're on the verge now of the first southern primary in this year's election, in South Carolina, and everybody is wondering, is there a new modern South Carolina or not?

我们马上就要迎来在南卡罗来纳州举行的,今年总统大选第一轮南方预选,每一个人都想知道,是否会出现一个崭新的现代的南卡罗来纳

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Hundreds of MDC supporters have been killed and tens of thousands injured since the MDC fought its first election in 2000.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

The government plans to hold Burma's first election in two decades next year, but the new constitution ensures the military stays in power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

It was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in all parts of the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Last year,the top news story was the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.02

At first,people wondered: would President Hayes keep the promises that were made to help him win the election.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The expression was first used in the southern part of the United States to describe the use of force to win an election.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

He was the first Democratic Party candidate to win a presidential election in almost twenty-eight years.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The primary election in New Hampshire was the first step of the presidential nominating process.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

So it was not clear at first who had won the presidential election.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

It was his first speech since last Friday's election.

VOA: special.2009.06.20

He says there should have been an election to re-establish legitimate authority, which was overthrown during the first Soviet occupation in 1940.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

A low turnout could also damage the credibility of the presidential election Afghanistan's first in five years.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Historically,the party that controls the White House loses Congressional seats in a new president's first midterm election.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Electoral official Hamdeya el Hosseiny says the election commission is completing its preparations to hold the vote during the first month of next year.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

If he does,it would be the first time in the western state's history that a sitting governor lost his seat in a primary election.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

The televised leader debates - the first in British election history - haven't helped.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Presidents historically lose congressional seats in the first midterm election, and analyst Nathan Gonzales.

VOA: standard.2009.12.29

About 3,000 foreign election observers declared that, despite a few irregularities, the first round of Ukraine's presidential election on January 17 met international standards for honesty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

He said he has a commitment from the Afghan election commission that officials involved in fraud during the first round will not be hired for the runoff.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

He said the United Nations would provide all the necessary administrative, technical and logistical support to the Afghans, as it did for the first round, and would work with the Electoral Complaints Commission and the Independent Election Commission to make the second round transparent and credible.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20