office seeker
Example Sentences
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Once someone establishes a “reasonable suspicion or belief” that a candidate is not qualified, the burden shifts to the office seeker to prove otherwise.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2022
Mr. Clark became an office seeker in 1974, when, as a Democrat, he tried to unseat Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York, a Republican.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2021
With an electorate that often doesn’t know squat about a candidate’s qualifications, the office seeker often turns to someone the voter does know and uses that endorsement to win.
From Washington Times • Aug. 6, 2018
In 1881, President James Garfield was fatally shot by a disappointed office seeker, Charles J. Guiteau.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
Stephen A. Douglas was a curious and grim example of the survival of viking instincts in the modern office seeker.
From Charles Sumner Centenary The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 14 by Grimké, Archibald Henry
