candidate
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Steve Dudley, an American author who knows Cepeda, said the candidate views his father’s use of armed struggle combined with politics as a grim necessity in a country where violence long shaped political life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
If Starmer or another candidate stands against him, then the Labour Party’s 300,000 members must choose the winner, a process that could take months to play out.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
Just four years later, he decided to primary Faircloth, entering the political arena as a candidate, rather than a donor, for the first time.
From Salon • May 23, 2026
Mejia has brought in less than $150,000 in direct contributions, while Sokoloff has raised more than $1 million in direct contributions from candidate committees through the latest filing period.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The perfect candidate showed up for the job, a guy who has a legitimate plumber’s license, and Dad didn’t like his professional opinion?
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing candidate
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 2
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