During the 2008 Democratic presidential primary campaign, Clinton vigorously advocated on behalf of his wife, Hillary Clinton.

During the 2008 United States presidential election, she branded the Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as " stupid " and a " disgrace to women ".

During a UN mission in the northern part of the country in November 2006, the mission had a meeting with a prefect who said that he could not maintain law and order over the military and the presidential guards.

During the 1992 U. S. presidential election campaign, the civil rights of gays and lesbians, particularly their open service in the military, attracted some press attention, and all candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination supported ending the ban on military service by gays and lesbians,

During his presidential campaign, Obama backed the repeal of DADT.

During the following year, three different men briefly held executive power before Galo Plaza Lasso, running under a coalition of independent Liberals and socialists, narrowly defeated his Conservative opponent in presidential elections.

During a night of confusion and failed negotiations President Mahuad was forced to flee the presidential palace for his own safety.

During the 1972 presidential election, James Brown openly proclaimed his support of Richard Nixon for reelection of the presidency over Democrat candidate George McGovern.

* 1920 – During the U. S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U. S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U. S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase " smoke-filled room ".

During the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries, Lynch was one of eight superdelegates from New Hampshire.

During the 1988 presidential election, the two antagonized each other.

During the thirteenth Knesset ( 1992 – 1996 ) it was decided to hold a separate ballot for prime minister modeled after American presidential elections.

During the 2008 presidential election, King voiced his support for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

During the 1960 presidential campaign, the issue of whether the nation would for the first time elect a Catholic to the highest office in the land raised the specter of an implicit, but no less effective, religious test.

During his presidential campaign, in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a return of the nation to " normalcy ".

During the 1992 US presidential campaign, Bill Clinton used the Fleetwood Mac hit " Don't Stop " as his campaign theme song, and Nicks joined her band mates to perform the song at Clinton's 1993 Inaugural Gala.

During the 1995 presidential campaign, Chirac criticised the " sole thought " ( pensée unique ) of neoliberalism represented by his challenger on the right and promised to reduce the " social fracture ", placing himself more to the center and thus forcing Balladur to radicalise himself.

During the 1972 presidential campaign, a letter was published that Smith had written to the Democratic U. S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, indicating Smith's full support for Muskie.

During the 1980 U. S. presidential campaign, the Citizens Party candidate Barry Commoner ran a radio advertisement that began with an actor exclaiming: " Bullshit!

During the 2008 United States presidential election, Eastwood stated that he would be voting for John McCain, citing the fact that he had known McCain since he returned to America in 1973 as a recently released POW.

" During the 2008 U. S. presidential campaign, a John McCain supporter referred to Hillary Clinton by asking, " How do we beat the bitch?

During his presidential term, Allende took positions held by the Communists, in opposition to the views of the socialists.

During the campaign for the 1960 United States presidential election, John F. Kennedy assured the Seneca Nation that he would oppose the dam if elected.

During the Middle Ages, there were various systems involving elections or assemblies, although often only involving a small amount of the population, the election of Gopala in Bengal region of Indian Subcontinent, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ( 10 % of population ), the Althing in Iceland, the Løgting in the Faeroe Islands, certain medieval Italian city-states such as Venice, the tuatha system in early medieval Ireland, the Veche in Novgorod and Pskov Republics of medieval Russia, Scandinavian Things, The States in Tirol and Switzerland and the autonomous merchant city of Sakai in the 16th century in Japan.

During this time, the 1954 elections were held which saw the complete defeat of Pakistan Muslim League led by Nurul Amin by the nexus of Communist Party, Marxist-Leninist Party allying with the Awami League.

During the 1990s, the FDP won between 6. 2 and 11 percent of the vote in Bundestag elections.

During the twentieth century, Honduran military leaders frequently became presidents, either through elections or by coups d ' état.

During the process leading up to elections in October 1994, the United States served as a significant financier and member of the most important commissions established to monitor implementation of the Rome General Peace Accords.

During these elections, the Nacionalista Party also split into two.

During the 18th century its makeup varied because the Lords had considerable control over elections: sometimes Whigs dominated it, sometimes Tories.

During the 2006 Riksdag elections the new Alliance for Sweden ( which subsequently won the election, to form a coalition government ) stated a policy aim to sell its stake in TeliaSonera.

During the elections, Ohio officials were harassed by Michigan authorities and the area residents were threatened with arrest if they submitted to Ohio's authority.

During this decade, the peaceful transfer of power through elections first occurred in Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Colombia, and several other countries.

During elections in March 1994, power passed from Vere Bird to his son, Lester Bird, but remained within the ALP which won 11 of the 17 parliamentary seats.

During the following Polish elections the Communists won 65 percent of the seats in the Sejm, though the seats won were guaranteed and the Communists were unable to gain a majority, while 99 out of the 100 seats in the Senate freely contested were won by Solidarity-backed candidates.

During the 2001 elections, however, alleged irregularities and dubious practices led to a boycott of the run-off poll by the main opposition candidates.

During parliamentary elections in 1999, the seats in Riigikogu were divided as follows: the Centre Party received 28, the Pro Patria Union 18, the Reform Party 18, the People's Party Moderates ( election cartel between Moderates and People's Party ) 17, Coalition Party 7, Country People's Party ( now People's Union ) 7, United People's Party's electoral cartel 6 seats.

During the 1973 Yom Kippur War he served in no official capacity and in the elections held at the end of 1973 he was elected to the Knesset as a member of the Alignment.

During the 111th Congress, Pelosi was the driving force behind several of Obama's major initiatives which proved controversial, so the Republicans campaigned against Pelosi and the Democrats ' legislation with their " Fire Pelosi Bus Tour " and regained control of the House in the 2010 midterm elections.

During this time, Peres continued to challenge Rabin for the chairmanship of the party, but in 1977, he again lost to Rabin in the party elections.

During the presidential elections in Egypt, Nasser was re-elected to another six-year term, taking his oath on 25 March 1965.

During the legislative elections held on 8 December 2004, the Kuomintang-PFP dominated Pan-Blue alliance gained a slim majority in the elections which resulted into President Chen resigning as DPP chairman.

During the 1960 U. S. presidential elections, Brzezinski was an advisor to the John F. Kennedy campaign, urging a non-antagonistic policy toward Eastern European governments.

During this time, the refugees ’ mood was rarely expressed in words, though East German laborer Kurt Wismach did so effectively by shouting for free elections during one of Ulbricht ’ s speeches.