Pending legislation with major party backing, however, was always carefully scrutinized.

Having party backing, he easily won the election and served in Baton Rouge for one term.

The popular response was phenomenal, and Cripps rapidly became one of the most popular politicians in the country, despite having no party backing.

Meanwhile, former Senator Lowell Weicker is running for governor without party backing.

This time he received Republican party backing.

The remaining votes went to minor parties and to independents, some of whom are members of the Kuomintang who did not have party backing.

To be a viable candidate, having party backing is essential, and that means receiving the nod from the state's 42 county party chairmen.

The town Republican committee gave Maturo the party backing.

The founders of the penny press popularized both low prices for newspapers and newspaper economics based on sales instead of political party backing.

Benjamin Day created The Sun without any political party backing.