candidate
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The only thing that’s changed since then is the candidate Stevens supports.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
“She’s a once-in-a-generation candidate from a state that is disproportionately Latino that has been the unicorn that Democrats have chased for decades,” Valencia said.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Raman was the final candidate to jump in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Meanwhile, the Texas Democrat has proven to be a historically successful fundraiser, amassing more than $140m in donations over the course of his campaign and setting a three-month fundraising record for a Senate candidate.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
“If you were going to denounce Mr. Johnson, like,” Malcolm said, naming a teacher whose pious fervor made him the least likely candidate, “who would you tell?”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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In many races, the quality of individual candidates also is poised to be a deciding factor, including in Texas, where Republican Atty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
But of 22 candidates vying for the most hotly contested Senate seats this year, just five are female.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Throughout the weekend, Trump made the case for his party at rallies in Kansas, Florida and Iowa as well as at tele-rallies for candidates in states including Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Then there are candidates who have somehow managed to stay dry amid a deluge of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
But there are other candidates whose dangers are not so well known.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The elder was filling the vacant pulpit that day by mere chance, as he told me; but I guess he was really candidating a little after all.
From Vandemark's Folly by Herbert Quick
I don't believe in candidating, and I can't be accessory to it.
From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott
What said the elegant modern church, that during the process of this change was undergoing a candidating siege?
From Divers Women by Pansy
When we think of it, what a ghoulish business "candidating" is!
From The Warriors by Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay
I believe the whole church is satisfied with the result of our peculiar method of candidating.
From Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. by Lyman Abbott
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