candidates

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At a panel in January, gubernatorial candidates were asked how they would balance environmental concerns about data centers with their potential to drive economic activity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Fellow backbencher Nadia Whittome also called for a contest, telling the BBC that "candidates setting out their stall transparently" would make Labour and the government "stronger".

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Other candidates who have confirmed their intention to stand in the contest – set to be held on July 30 – include, in alphabetical order:

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Employers sometimes offer equity-based compensation in pay packages to attract high-quality candidates without depleting the company’s immediate operational cash.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026

Those extinctions eliminated all the large wild animals that might otherwise have been candidates for domestication, and left native Australians and New Guineans with not a single native domestic animal.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond