statehood

Conferring statehood is not a gift nor a blessing from the rest of us, but instead, it is the absolute right of all Americans to be part of our democratic society.

He became involved in the statehood movement when working as Mayor Muriel Bowser’s campaign manager.

Gravel moved to Alaska before it gained statehood to build a political base, and you can really only do that once.

Adapting to statehood would just be the latest challenge, she said, emphasizing the argument by statehood advocates that the lack of full autonomy is a violation of civil rights.

Since Arizona achieved statehood in 1912, only a single presidential candidate has won Arizona without carrying Maricopa.

Even before the fighting started, Barzani asked his regional parliament to begin work on a referendum on statehood.

More than 10 million Kurds live in Iran and Tehran fears Iraqi Kurdish statehood will encourage unrest among their own Kurds.

Since statehood, its vote has gone to a Democratic presidential candidate just once—and that was to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Failed statehood is what happens when you sell out your own people to do a deal with the czar.

Every move that might appear to encourage Palestinian statehood, beginning with the prisoner release, improves his position.

Virginia gave the necessary consent for the independence of Kentucky, required before statehood could be granted.

He remembers Orion, who had been officially eliminated when Nevada had received statehood.

By the year 1837 the great territory lying east of Lake Michigan was ready for statehood.

Illinois filled with equal rapidity, and attained statehood only two years later.

Her eyes were also on the Territory of Oklahoma, where a constitution was being drafted preparatory to statehood.