candidates

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In the San Fernando Valley’s District 3, Tim Gaspar and Barri Worth Girvan were leading the field of three candidates vying for the seat being vacated by Bob Blumenfield.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The three leading candidates often sounded like they were campaigning for different jobs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Of all the candidates, Mitchell said, Pratt as an outsider adept at Instagram and TikTok has the greatest opportunity to create a new surge electorate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Kenyon is one of fourteen candidates contesting the by-election in the Greater Manchester constituency on Thursday 18 June.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Two years before, Gagarin had been selected as one of two thousand candidates for a job that did not yet exist—cosmonaut, the Russian term for astronaut.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin