How to Use minority leader in a Sentence

minority leader

noun

• There are times when the speaker has to cut a deal with the minority leader.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 6 Oct. 2023
• That has opened the door for Christine Drazan, a former minority leader in the state House.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Oct. 2022
• In 2011, Democrats lost the House, and Pelosi became minority leader.
  — Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
• Pelosi spent two decades as a leader of Democrats in the House—rising from whip to minority leader to speaker.
  — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
• The commission would be helmed by two co-chairs – one each selected by the speaker of the House and the House minority leader.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 22 July 2021
• The speaker isn't the only one putting pressure on the minority leader.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 9 Nov. 2021
• Yes, the former president is vain, and the House minority leader crossed him.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Apr. 2022
• But there is no doubting the House minority leader's wish to play to a radical crowd.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 July 2021
• The Democrats’ loss of the Senate in 2014 demoted Mr. Reid to minority leader.
  — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
• McConnell might be forgiving of many things, but having to serve as the minority leader is not one of them.
  — Julian Zelizer, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
• No, said Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, who agreed the costs of inaction were too high.
  — Tony Romm, Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Tyler Pager, Jeff Stein, Rachel Siegel, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2023
• The minority leader turned away from the podium and stood nearby while others took the microphone.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• All of this came after her decade in the Georgia state house, several of them as minority leader.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2021
• Enter Email Sign Up In total, the minority leader was silent for more than 20 seconds.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
• Collins, of Maine, has worked to tweak the bill to respond to McConnell's concerns but the minority leader is still opposing the commission.
  — Jamie Gangel and Michael Warren, CNN, 27 May 2021
• Schmitt was the first this week to blast the minority leader while speaking at a campaign event in Columbia, Missouri, Wednesday.
  — Aubrie Spady, Fox News, 29 July 2022
• Scott, the House minority leader from Portsmouth, has come out for Lucas, calling her a mentor and voice for people who’ve been marginalized.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
• McConnell, the minority leader, signaled his support for the bill.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 18 Jan. 2024
• Hobbs was a member of the state House and Senate for six years and served as minority leader of the Senate for two years before running for her current office in 2018.
  — Bob Christie, Star Tribune, 2 June 2021
• Then the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives walked in.
  — Matt Sullivan, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2022
• Serving as both the majority and the minority leader, McCarthy has led Republicans in the House the past nine years.
  — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2023
• McCarthy has had to deal with detractors in the right-wing House Freedom Caucus as minority leader.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2022
• Much of it had to do with the fact that McCarthy was the House minority leader at the time and, by extension, one of the country’s most influential Republicans.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
• That includes Jenkins, minority leader of the House Democrats.
  — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2021
• McCarthy’s spokesman denies that the minority leader has made such an offer.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• The Speaker of the House, the House minority leader, even the vice president, are all Californians.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2021
• The conservative hard-liner was once a pain in McCarthy's side and even challenged him for minority leader in 2018.
  — Melanie Zanona, CNN, 9 July 2021
• Many House Democrats expect Pelosi to honor her commitment, meaning the caucus could elect a new speaker or minority leader for the first time in 20 years not named Pelosi.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
• Ford, who was the House minority leader, filled Agnew’s spot in December 1973.
  — Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Aug. 2024
• In 2017, the Kenosha Democrat stepped down as Assembly minority leader after more than six years in the role after facing pressure from members of his party.
  — Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024