candidate

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Celia is a master's candidate at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she studies business and data reporting, and an alumna of Barnard College, where she studied anthropology and human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

After a week of counting ballots from the 2 June primary race, the British-born candidate secured his slot to move ahead in the election, edging out billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, a Democrat.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

By contrast, Hilton presented himself as the “more cosmopolitan” candidate who “can talk to the hedge fund manager or the small-business owner or the Sacramento lobbyist,” said Klink said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Platner is expected to defeat Maine's Democratic Governor Janet Mills, who remains on the ballot despite suspending her campaign, along with lesser-known candidate David Costello.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

“The candidate seems to know nothing about technical terminology, naming all animals in colloquial German, and avoiding systematic nomenclature,” one of the examiners wrote.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee