candidacy
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When the country's new president Abelardo de la Espriella took office August 7, the news was celebrated by US President Donald Trump, who backed the flamboyant right-winger's candidacy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
But Bonehill-Paine said he had now withdrawn his candidacy, adding that opposition parties would "spend all their time focusing on my past".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
But they aren’t extolling the candidacy of former military helicopter pilot Rebecca Bennett, who is running to unseat a GOP congressman in New Jersey, or of retired Vice Adm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Similarly, the group Our Revolution, which was founded as a way to carry forward the grassroots organizing behind Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, has thrown its organizing capacity behind Jackson’s candidacy.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Did this mean she could live with his candidacy and would consent to live with him if he won the election?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Those delegates went on to back reforms to the party's primary process that made it easier for insurgent candidacies like Jackson to compete for the party's presidential nomination without backing from the Democratic establishment.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
His rapid ascension is proof that in an era of intense load management, increasingly specialized bullpens and near-ubiquitious arm injuries, a massive shift is underway in how voters evaluate pitchers’ candidacies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026
Finance ministers from the 20 countries sharing the single currency had until Friday to submit their candidacies for the job.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
The other three candidates had not even declared their candidacies by June 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
It was not necessary to nominate Washington, and the candidacies of Adams and Jefferson were also matters of general understanding.
From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by John Fiske
