candidate
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The Green candidate Sarah Wakefield says she wants to offer more "hope" and "better solutions" to voters in Makerfield.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
Phil Housley, whom Laviolette described as an “excellent coach,” could be another potential candidate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But students of the tournament often cite another candidate for that distinction—and it also happened to come at the Azteca, 16 years earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Both CNN and NBC News projected Hilton, a former British political strategist and Fox News commentator, had enough votes to maintain his lead from third-place candidate Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge manager.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
So Senator Harding became candidate Harding, and later that fall, after a campaign conducted from his front porch in Marion, Ohio, candidate Harding became President Harding.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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