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View definitions for running for office

running for office

noun as in candidacy

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Had the Senate convicted Trump in February 2021, it probably would have followed with a vote to bar him from running for office again, as the Senate has for impeached and convicted judges.

Bolsonaro was banned from running for office for eight years after being accused of undermining Brazilian democracy by falsely claiming that electronic ballots used in the October 2022 poll were vulnerable to hacking and fraud.

From BBC

EMILYs List saw sign-ups for candidate trainings increase 22-fold as tens of thousands of women considered running for office.

From Slate

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. and his allies turned their nose up at the chance to bar Trump from ever running for office again after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

From Salon

By then, Latinos — who were the primary target of Proposition 187 and its noxious ads — were running for office as Democrats in record numbers.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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