standard-bearer

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That's because unlike most other states -- where each party has its own election to choose a standard-bearer -- California has a so-called "jungle primary" that pits all-comers against each other.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

That cautious approach, Parrot says, is rooted in the club's role as the standard-bearer for a former mining heartland.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“I just don’t see it,” Yee said, given the way Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, the top GOP contenders, are smacking each other around, hoping to emerge as the undisputed Republican standard-bearer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Grisham remains a standard-bearer for a certain type of American reader, one who takes comfort in stories where half-decent small-town lawyers overcome treacherous situations and good triumphs over corruption in the courtroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He sat a sorrel stallion, his standard-bearer a dapple grey.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin