Democrats rejected the party convention's nominee and anointed Bill Curry, the State Comptroller.

In June, he told District 26 that he was rejecting the board's nominee for superintendent, Claire McIntee, a principal in the district.

It has been three decades since the Senate has rejected a President's nominee to the Cabinet, and the first time this has happened to a newly elected President.

Early this year they surprised Mr. Johnson when they rejected his nominee for a director's seat.

It must confirm the Prime Minister, but if it rejects the President's nominee three times, the President can dissolve it and call for new elections.

The parish of Auchterarder unanimously rejected the patron's nominee - and the Presbytery refused to proceed with his ordination and induction.

Iran's Parliament on Wednesday rejected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's third nominee for oil minister, a major defeat for the president.

Following the convention, disgruntled Democrats began to talk about rejecting their party's nominee and holding another nominating convention.

Under the Constitution, the President has to disband Parliament if it votes three times to reject his nominee for Prime Minister.

It is hard to blame the O.A.S. for rejecting the United States' nominee to the commission.