1.   Although she had never held an administrative or government position, the nomination was widely praised and she was confirmed without a dissenting vote.

2.   And he represented the only dissenting vote on a bill in the House to give millions of federal dollars to community anti-drug programs.

3.   And the health insurance bill, passed by the House with only two dissenting votes Thursday night, was cleared by the Senate without a single dissenter Friday.

4.   And there are dissenting votes.

5.   Assemblymember Tom McClintock, R-Simi Valley, cast the lone dissenting vote.

6.   Bailey cast the sole dissenting vote in the Stewart case.

7.   But after two years of fatiguing negotiations, the General Assembly adopted the declaration without a dissenting vote.

8.   Chairman Mac Barber, sole Democratic member, cast the lone dissenting vote.

9.   Construction began two years ago, with just two dissenting votes on the seven-member school board.

10.   Councilman Nate Holden was the lone dissenting vote on the council, while Northwest Valley Councilman Hal Bernson, an alternate LAFCO commissioner, was absent.