candidates

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Tuesday’s debate with the leading candidates took place at East Los Angeles College and was hosted by CNN, the first time national media has paid such attention to a California statewide contest since 2010.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The company has a handful of candidates in development including etavopivat, a treatment for sickle cell disease.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The winning primary candidates still face a November general election before they can go to Indianapolis next year and craft new congressional districts for 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

As early as 2021, Dougherty had endorsed Republican candidates like Tarah Toohil, a former state representative now serving as a Luzerne County judge.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander