running for office
Example Sentences
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Should the Senate decide to impeach her, she would be removed from the vice-presidency and banned from running for office for life.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
He sold that company in 2021 and is running for office with Blumenfield’s backing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
And that’s why she said she is running for office.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026
Currently the third longest-serving leader in Africa, Museveni has benefitted from two constitutional amendments - removing age and term limits - that have allowed him to keep running for office.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
In the decades that followed, Colored people strove to educate themselves— organizing, creating self-help groups, running for office, fighting to change laws, founding schools, and so on.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
