candidate

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According to the party's candidate list released earlier this month, Zia was to contest in three constituencies.

From BBC

Another Republican candidate for governor, state house speaker Lisa Demuth, told AFP the case is "finally getting the attention that it's needed."

From Barron's

"Neither I nor any member of this transition will be a candidate for anything... As soldiers, we value our word very much," he said at the time.

From BBC

Support for the PDCI, the country's oldest party, slumped in the legislative elections, while it did not put up a presidential candidate in October after its leader Tidjane Thiam was barred from standing.

From Barron's

Chip Wilson has nominated three candidates who he said would “put product and brand back at the center.”

From Barron's