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The president continues to nominate the comptroller general, who is chosen for a 15-year term from a list of three candidates proposed by a bipartisan commission of congressional leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

In theory, the race to nominate his successor could end Tuesday, should one candidate win an outright majority.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

We wanted to find people who are bucking the trend, so we asked readers to nominate the neighbors who make their corners of Southern California feel like home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

If she is still of sound mind, she can amend her will and nominate someone else.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

And when I nominate her for the election next Monday she’ll thank me.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

President Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor, as the next Federal Reserve chair.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

For instance, the bar nominates candidates to the board that adjudicates lawyers’ misconduct, and helps to set the board’s budget.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2025

Likewise, the state’s Conservative Party normally nominates the same candidate as the Republicans.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2024

Each of the county’s five supervisors nominates five people and sends them to an ad hoc committee that makes the final picks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

An antislavery coalition forms the Free Soil party and nominates former president Martin Van Buren as its candidate.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Short already was profiled in the 2026 Netflix documentary “Marty, Life Is Short,” nominated for three Emmys in its own right.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The party’s voters nominated Graham in June, shortly before his unexpected death in early July.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has nominated acting Bank Indonesia Gov. Destry Damayanti as the sole candidate to lead the central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

"The claims seeking to annul the registration of the federal list of candidates for the State Duma of the ninth convocation, nominated by the Yabloko political party, were granted," judge Vyacheslav Kirillov said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Okay, because you, Ms. Lucinda Bulosan-Nelson, were nominated for Channel Forty’s Student of the Year Award by me, your favorite teacher of all time, Mr. Peter Keller.”

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

But so, too, was the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which sharply curtailed the Democratic nominating fight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

But in the end she added her name to the wave of Labour MPs nominating Andy Burnham as leader, propelling the former Greater Manchester mayor into Downing Street uncontested.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

However, the upcoming convention will look more like the sort of nominating conventions that dominated party politics prior to the widespread adoption of the primary election nominating process.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Incoming presidents therefore inherit holdover commissioners, nominating new members for Senate consideration as vacancies emerge.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

“So, Fantasticos,” Mr. Daniels says, “I’ve told you about nominating a class president for our first ever school-wide student government. Do we have our first nomination?”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt