brokered convention

American  

noun

U.S. Politics.

1. a party convention in which many delegates are pledged to favorite sons who use their blocs of votes to bargain with leading candidates who lack a majority of delegate support.

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Example Sentences

In the meantime, we can pack up all the old predictions of an extended delegate contest, culminating in that perennial pundit’s dream of a contested or brokered convention.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 2020

The negotiating and brokering that would go on to persuade delegates to change teams is why such a scenario is called a "brokered convention."

From Fox News • Mar. 4, 2020

They’d been with the operation since the early days under Corey Lewandowski, and when Paul Manafort was brought onboard in March to help with a potentially brokered convention they worried that something bad was brewing.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2018

Perhaps Black will publish a second book explaining to kids how a brokered convention works.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2016

Haley Barbour scoffs at the prospect of a brokered convention: “There is nobody to broker a convention,” the former RNC chairman told Katie Couric during Yahoo’s coverage of the returns.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2016