running for office
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When Kelly Shackleford, a friend who now heads the First Liberty Institute, a Christian conservative legal organization, suggested that redistricting could make 2002 a good year to consider running for office, Paxton responded “What’s redistricting?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
During his mayoral campaign, Cuomo said he had stopped his private work while running for office.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Even before running for office, she was heavily involved in issues surrounding the city’s homeless crisis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Legal experts have noted however that Kasidiaris is still barred from running for office until 2033, when his term was to nominally end.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
But ahead of these always came another question, posed by Barack himself, preliminary and supposedly preemptive when it came to running for office of any sort.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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