brokered convention

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.

Example Sentences

Santorum has played along, saying the odds of a brokered convention are increasing.

From The Daily Beast

I'll go out on a limb here: I don't think we're heading to a brokered convention.

From The Daily Beast

And Franklin Delano Roosevelt was nominated at a brokered convention.

From The Daily Beast

Jeb Bush would be the most likely “white knight” candidate to get drafted into a brokered convention.

From The Daily Beast

The GOP could wind up with a brokered convention, there could be a third-party candidate.

From The Daily Beast