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2009 Camp Capsat mutiny

The 2009 Camp Capsat mutiny refers to the mutiny of a part of the malagasy army which led to the ousting of Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana on March 17, 2009, and to the nomination of Andry Rajoelina as president of the High transitional authority on March 21, 2009.

Basil Copper

Necropolis received a 1981 nomination for the Locus Award Best Fantasy novel category.

Bernie Fowler

(However, the party's nomination and eventually the governor's seat would go to Parris Glendening that year.)

Brenda Lawrence

She was unopposed for the Democratic nomination to unseat the Republican incumbent, L. Brooks Patterson.

Brown Bag Films

In 2008, the studio begins working on Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty, directed by Nicky Phelan, landing a second Oscar nomination.

Darren Kowal

Kowal earned a 1993 AFL Rising Star nomination for his 21 disposals and two goals against St Kilda.

Dave Hayer

After defeating Doug McCallum, then the Mayor of Surrey, for the BC Liberal party nomination, Hayer served as the first Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Surrey-Tynehead.

Elwyn Tinklenberg

Tinklenberg's opponent for the DFL nomination was Patty Wetterling.

Existence

For example, in the 2008 United States presidential election, a politician and actor named Fred Thompson ran for the Republican Party nomination.

Frederick Charles Denison

He won the West Toronto Conservative nomination for the 1887 federal election over three other candidates, including incumbent parliamentarian James Beaty, Jr..

George Bachrach

In 1998, he again sought the Democratic nomination for the 8th District seat in the United States House of Representatives but finished third in the primary, losing to Mike Capuano, who later won the seat.

George W. Joseph

He won the Republican nomination on May 16, defeating incumbent A. W. Norblad by over 5000 votes.

Georgia Republican Party

Reince Priebus is the current Chairman of RNC, having won the last election after controversial Chairman Michael Steele withdrew his rebid nomination.

Hoy Ya Me Voy

The song received a nomination for the Latin Grammy Song of the Year.

Ira Reiner

In 1990 Reiner was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for California Attorney General, losing to Arlo Smith, who in turn was defeated by Republican Dan Lungren.

James B. Gibson

He ran for the Democratic nomination for the 2006 gubernatorial election, but lost in the primary to State Senator Dina Titus.

Japanese Sign Language

Hearing actress Rinko Kikuchi received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her signing role in this film.

Joe Chiodo

He has been recognized for his work with a nomination for the Comics Buyer's Guide Favorite Colorist Award in 1997 (with the company Wildstorm FX and colleague Jessica Ruffner), and in 1998 under his own name.

John McEneny

In the 1997 primary, McEneny unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Mayor Gerald Jennings for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of the City of Albany.

John Michael Hayes

Hayes collaborated with director Alfred Hitchcock on four films: Rear Window (for which he won an Edgar Award and an Oscar nomination), To Catch a Thief, The Trouble with Harry and The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Josh Greenfeld

Josh Greenfeld (born 1928) is an author and screenwriter mostly known for his screenplay for the 1974 film Harry and Tonto along with Paul Mazursky, which earned them an Academy Award nomination and its star, Art Carney, the Oscar itself for Best Actor.

Jules Hudson

After becoming lead presenter on ITV Meridian's The Making of England, and making Have I Been Here Before? with Phillip Schofield, he developed and produced the series Revival for ITV, which gained a Royal Television Society nomination.

Justin Catanoso

In 1992 his investigative reporting for the News & Record into fraud in the tobacco industry earned a Pulitzer Prize nomination, a Science in Society Journalism Award from the National Association of Science Writers, and Medical Writer of the Year in North Carolina.

Katalin Szili

Another reason for the failed nomination was that SZDSZ was not consulted ahead of time and Szili lacked qualifications compared to Sólyom who previously held high office as the president of the Constitutional Court of Hungary.

Kevan Frost

This earned him and his co-composer a nomination for a Tony Award for "Best Original Score" and a Drama Desk Award nomination for "Outstanding Music".

Mark Kemp

In 1997 he received a Grammy nomination for his liner notes to the CD Farewells & Fantasies, a retrospective of music by '60s protest singer Phil Ochs. His book Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race and New Beginnings in a New South was published by Free Press/Simon & Schuster in 2004 and issued in soft cover by the University of Georgia Press in 2006.

Martin McKinnon

He twice received the maximum three Brownlow votes while with Adelaide, for 23 disposals in a win over reigning premiers Essendon in 1994 and for 25 disposals against St Kilda for which he received an AFL Rising Star nomination in 1995.

Mary Testa

She returned to Broadway in July, 2007 in the musical-theater remake of the 1980 film Xanadu for which she received a Drama Desk Award nomination.

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1990

Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn was a front-runner for the Democratic nomination, however on January 5, 1989, Flynn announced that he would not run for Governor.

Melody Klaver

She played the part of Heleen in Diep, a movie from Simone van Dusseldorp, for which she got a Golden Calf nomination, one of the most important film awards in the Netherlands.

Mordecai Bartley

He ran for governor in 1844 as a Whig - his son was a Democrat - after the candidate whom the Whigs had originally nominated, David Spangler, declined the nomination.

Nazareno Casero

2006 marked his second Silver Condor nomination for playing the real-life Dirty War victim Guillermo Fernández in Chronicle of an Escape, which also marked his second collaboration with Caetano and co-starred name actors Rodrigo de la Serna and Pablo Echarri.

Nikolay Baransky

In 1946 he was nominated for election to full member of Soviet Academy of Sciences, but refused the nomination and supported Lev Berg.

Ordination of women in the Anglican Communion

The nomination of the Revd Canon Alison Peden as one of three nominees for election as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway in January 2010 attracted wide attention.

Orestes Quércia

After the victory of former President Jânio Quadros (Brazilian Labour Party-PTB) over Fernando Henrique Cardoso in November of that year, Orestes Quércia saw his popularity in the party increase with the movement called "quercismo" which guaranteed its nomination as candidate for governor despite internal dissidence.

Ovide M. Lamontagne

He also unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2010.

Piers Gibbon

He had a regular spot on Resonance FM where he and David McCandless received a Sony Award nomination for the documentary series The Good Drugs Guide.

Rehan Sheikh

Rehan Sheikh is a Pakistani / British TV Actor, director, producer and theater artist, He is best known for his role, in Haseena Moin's PTV classic serial The Castle-Aik Nae Umeed and for his role in Hum TV play Sanjha, which earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at 1st Hum Awards.

Renee Lane

In 1983, she sought the Democratic nomination for New Jersey General Assembly, but was trounced in the primary by incumbents Mildred Barry Garvin (13,020) and Harry A. McEnroe (12,709); Thomas Addonizio, the son of former Newark Mayor and Congressman Hugh Addonizio finished third with 4,010 votes, while Lane got just 3,360 votes.

Retro Productions

Their sixth nomination that year was for Outstanding Costume Design (Rebecca Cunningham) for their production of What I Did Last Summer by A.R. Gurney.

Rex Barnes

In February 2011, he announced plans to challenge incumbent MHA Ray Hunter for the Progressive Conservative party nomination in Grand Falls-Windsor-Green Bay South for the 2011 provincial election.

Short Cuts

Altman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director (but lost to Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List) and shared a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay with Barhydt (lost to Steven Zaillian for Schindler's List).

Solon McDade

Susie Arioli Swing Band, Pennies From Heaven featuring Ralph Sutton (Juno Award Nomination)

Stanley Super 800

The group's second album, Louder & Clearer, received a nomination for the 2007 Choice Music Prize.

Texas Attorney General

Ken Paxton, Barry Smitherman, and Dan Branch announced their campaigns to seek the Republican nomination to succeed Greg Abbott as Attorney General of Texas.

The Belle of Amherst

Harris, who portrayed fifteen different characters in the play, won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, earned a Drama Desk Award nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience, and won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Recording.

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

Critical reception for The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom has been positive, with Bruce Barcott calling the movie's Oscar nomination "a well-deserved nod" and stating that the movie "captures the Japanese experience of the March 11, 2011, tsunami with a quiet beauty, power, and dignity".

Thomas Reilly

Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick won the party's nomination and the general election, defeating Reilly and businessman Chris Gabrieli.

Victor M. Richel

In 1996, Richel was appointed to the Banking Advisory Board of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, after a nomination by Governor Christine Todd Whitman.

Yao Lifa

Yao Lifa, born in 1958, in Qianjiang City in the central province of Hubei, China, is apparently the first person in China elected through self-nomination to a municipal-level people’s congress.


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