Even after the 2009 general election, the CDU / CSU emerged as the largest party in Germany, yet both lost votes predominantly to the FDP.

Even worse, these delays occurred a couple of days before the election day and some have indicated the governments role in these delays, but couldn't provide substantial proof for their accusations.

Even the relationship with France improved, after the election of Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing as president, trade increased and the two countries exchanged diplomatic visits.

Even after the election of Bobby Sands as MP for Fermanagh / South Tyrone, a part of the mass mobilization associated with the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike by republican prisoners in the H blocks of the Maze prison ( known as Long Kesh by Republicans ), Adams was cautious about the level of political involvement by Sinn Féin.

Even though Stevenson had twice been the Democratic Party's presidential candidate and retained a loyal following of liberals, his two landslide defeats to Republican Dwight Eisenhower led most party leaders and delegates to search for a " fresh face " who could win a national election.

Even before his election as Chancellor, Willy Brandt, the Social Democratic mayor of West Berlin, argued for and pursued policies that would ease tensions between the two German states, generally in the interest of cross-border commerce.

Even US senator Evan Bayh, in spite of his landslide victories in 1998 and 2004, had failed to carry Hamilton County in either election.

Even though he opposed the election of Margaret Thatcher as party leader in 1975, he was appointed as her industry spokesman from 1976 to 1979, and then occupied a range of ministerial positions during her premiership.

Even during his days as a traveling salesman, Long had confided to his wife that his planned career trajectory would begin with election to a minor state office, then governor, then senator, and ultimately election as President of the United States.

Even though Barack Obama was the first Democrat in 44 years to carry Chester County in a presidential election, West Pikeland remained Republican, with John McCain winning the township by about 54 %- 45 %.

Even though he lost his seat in the 1924 election, Oliver remained Premier until his death in 1927.

Even with the commission's report fresh in voters ' minds, he led his party to another election victory in 1987.

Even with these disappointments, the 1993 election was a tremendous success for Reform.

Even the adherents of the papal party voted for him, some in honour of his moderate policies, some out of deference to popular feeling, which opposed the election of a foreign ruler.

Even so, his government experimented with a form of universal health insurance, to be jointly funded by government, employers, and employees, that would provide Albertans with free medical, dental, and hospital care ; the project was to be launched as a pilot project in Camrose, but was never begun because of the intervention of the 1935 election.

Even NDP opposition leader Mike Harcourt admitted later that he preferred Johnston over McCarthy, as the latter would likely have been a much tougher opponent in an election.

Even and Armand Turpin ran federally as New Democracy candidates in the 1940 federal election, but none was elected.

Even after Johnson won the election, Brownlow continued his attacks.

Even though he dropped his support for Feild, and adopted a more pan-Protestant stance, he still unsuccessful in the election of 1859.

Even the perception of fraud can be damaging as it makes people less inclined to accept election results.

Even though his party performed poorly in the July 2004 election, he was re-elected as a Member of Parliament for Port Vila Constituency with the highest number of votes.

Even before the election, the government press and Radio Uganda appeared to treat the UPC as the victor.

Even Józef Piłsudski dissuaded him from standing for election.

Even so he was promoted to vice-captain above several senior players when Ian Johnson and Keith Miller missed the 2nd Test at Sydney through injury and Arthur Morris was made temporary captain.

Even Samuel Johnson was not free of applying the unities to drama when judging it in his Prefaces to Shakespeare.

Voters increasingly viewed Goldwater as a right wing fringe candidate — his slogan " In your heart, you know he's right " was successfully parodied by the Johnson campaign into " In your guts, you know he's nuts ", or " In your heart, you know he might " ( as in push the nuclear button ), or even " In your heart, he's too far right " ( some cynics wore buttons saying " Even Johnson is better than Goldwater!

Even so, the Johnson administration in the second half of 1964 focused on convincing the American public that there was no chance of war between North Vietnam and the U. S.

Even as he oversaw a continued buildup, Clifford preferred to emphasize the points Johnson had made in his March 31, 1968 address: that the South Vietnamese army could take over a greater share of the fighting, that the administration would place an absolute limit on the number of U. S. troops in Vietnam, and that it would take steps, including the bombing restrictions, to reduce the combat level.

Even former president Jackson conceded that Johnson was " dead weight ", and threw his support to James K. Polk.

Even Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona, who was swamped nationally and in Texas by native son Lyndon B. Johnson, won Hutchinson County, 5, 358 to 4, 625.

Even more popular than the Jones series were the dramatic love stories in which she co-starred with Arthur Johnson.

Even if he had not been the first governor born in Minnesota, the first to serve a full term in the present state capitol, and the first to die in office, Johnson would still be remembered as one of the state's most courageous and charismatic leaders.

Even extreme strikeout pitchers such as Randy Johnson or Pedro Martínez sometimes have to rely on double plays to be effective.

Even though the cows are now gone, Mighty Moo remains a mascot of Walter Johnson.

Even today, wine experts such as Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson describe the wines of Collioure as being more like Spanish wines in profile than French.

Even though Johnson did not actually say that crime was only a " perception ," the phrase " perception of crime " was used widely by opponents and critics of the incumbent mayor.

Even though the inexperience of his young cornerbacks may have cost him the game, Matthews made no apologies for sticking with Brown and Johnson.

Even though Aikman's knee had healed sufficiently to start the first playoff game at the Chicago Bears, Johnson decided to continue playing Beuerlein.

Even at 17, Johnson was something of an independent thinker and told Bertrand that The Bel-Airs had done quite well without reverb and he didn't see any reason at all to begin using it.

Even export sales operations were handled differently ; although they were all routed through the Waukegan headquarters, Johnson tended to sell directly to its dealers, while most Evinrude sales were passed through distributors and then to the dealers.

Even though her son, Hall Park McCullough, inherited the house, it was her daughter, Elizabeth “ Bess ” McCullough Johnson, who resided in the house until 1965.

An excerpt of the Judgement by the then Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Candido Johnson reads thus "... Even if one considers the reasonableness of time, I would say that the incident that gave birth to the death of the late Dele Giwa is not only unique in its form but also complex and would require sufficient time to conduct detailed and balanced investigation, a report on which the appropriate authority would reasonably act.

Even though Johnson had signed a letter of intent to play college football at the University of Oregon, he was faced with the tough decision of turning pro in track as a recently graduated high school senior.

Even the highest paid black model at the time Beverly Johnson left Elite for Ford and then a week later return to Elite.