Four religious parties won 18 seats, giving them a chance to play kingmaker by forming an alliance for a legislative majority.

The Senator demurs, however, when asked if he'll try to play kingmaker again.

If Dr. Fulani's party plays kingmaker again, it - and she - can become only more powerful.

Alexandrov's too old to go after the post himself, and anyway the ideologue never seems to get the top spot-more fun to play kingmaker.

I, for one, don't think the board should play kingmaker and get in the business of deciding who should be grandfathered.

This will give Microsoft enormous advantages in positioning its own products in electronic commerce and let it play kingmaker for other businesses.

He should have done so already, but the plan to play kingmaker had seemed so much safer until he put it in action.

Coleman Young is a mythic figure who will forever haunt the city's political landscape; he can play kingmaker from beyond the grave.

Hamilton, in an effort to play kingmaker at the last, was again in the thick of things.

Logic dictates that it is too late for New York to play kingmaker.