Instead, he set up a second procedural vote which he won, setting the stage for the one-vote victory.

Nevertheless, the suffragists thought they could count on a one-vote victory in the House.

And they said that the one-vote victory showed how difficult it was to lower spending.

"You'd think at some point, they'd wait a few days or whatever and decide this nomination isn't worth it to have a one-vote victory."

And on the budget, Mr. Dionne reminds us, Mr. Clinton was only capable of "salvaging a one-vote victory."

Finally, Pat Williams and Margolies-Mezvinsky came down the aisle and voted yes, giving us a one-vote victory.

The support of the Sadr bloc was crucial to Mr. Jaafari's one-vote victory over a more promising opponent.

Next, in the wee hours of the morning on Friday, her party squeaked out a one-vote victory on the Medicare prescription drug benefit bill.

Zedkaia's status as Iroij may have been key to his narrow one-vote victory in the election.

Elections were frequently challenged in this period of Canadian history, and Montague's one-vote victory did not stand official scrutiny.