standard-bearer

Example Sentences

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The vilification of federal bureaucracy was already an emerging theme in the fight to be the Republican standard-bearer.

From New York Times

The political profile he built under former President Donald J. Trump was more supplicant than standard-bearer, at least until the rupture in their relationship on Jan. 6, 2021.

From New York Times

Democrats, who would be expected to rally around their standard-bearer, have spent the week expressing a divide on border security and questioning the president on key policy issues.

From New York Times

On one side of the debate are conservative political parties whose standard-bearer is Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general who has governed Thailand for nine years after seizing power in a coup.

From New York Times

It would make him appear weak at a time some in his party are already worried about his ability to hold up as his party's standard-bearer next year.

From BBC