candidates

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Sanchez said the measure keeps the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of political candidates and elected officials off the voter rolls by default.

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

It’s also a way for Bores to get attention in a race full of candidates with larger platforms.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

This, she says, is how decisions work in the Biden household—despite being one of her husband’s closest advisers, someone who sat in on key political strategy meetings and the vetting of his vice presidential candidates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Finally, a higher percentage of the surviving candidates proved suitable for domestication on Eurasia than on the other continents.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond