candidates

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Becerra and Hilton have emerged as the candidates to beat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Polling from the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston also found that Republican primary voters see both candidates as equally strong for the general election context.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Political parties have begun to announce their candidates for the forthcoming by-election in the Greater Manchester constituency of Makerfield.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

However scientists have developed numerous candidates for vaccines and treatments that have not yet been tested in humans.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

European immigrants were also deemed poor candidates for slavery, not because of their race, but rather because they were in short supply and enslavement would, quite naturally, interfere with voluntary immigration to the new colonies.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander