Candidate
Meanings and phrases
candidate
- a politician who is running for public office; campaigner; nominee
- someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.); prospect
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- a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters; write-in
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- Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Rick Santorum.
- Foreign tour can also be performed by presidential candidate.
- In 1999, Donald Trump was depicted as a presidential candidate.
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- He was an unsuccessful candidate for Wexford in 1883.
- In 1843 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress.
- In 1842 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress.
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- An independent candidate also stood in Eastbrook.
- In the elections he ran as an independent candidate.
- Donald Cyrus Davie stood as an independent candidate.
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- He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1892.
- Malepeai was not a candidate for reelection in 2012.
- He was not a candidate in the 2014 general election.
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- Malepeai was not a candidate for reelection in 2012.
- He was not a candidate for reelection in 2008.
- He was not a candidate for reelection in 1902.
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- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1912.
- He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.
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- In the election, no candidate received a majority of the votes.
- Because no candidate won a majority, the Vermont General Assembly had to decide.
- If no candidate achieves a majority in the first round, a runoff election is held.
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- Macamo was the only candidate for the position.
- Since Rankin was the only candidate, he was returned unopposed.
- Pashinyan was the only candidate who was put forward for the vote.
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- On May 24, 2010, gubernatorial candidate and former U.S.
- Harriman was a gubernatorial candidate for California on the SLP ticket in 1898.
- In 1962, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Scranton tapped him as his running mate.
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- The other candidate for the position was Salvatore Fergola.
- The other candidate was Leevin Camacho.
- The other candidate was Sir Francis Goodricke (1797–1865), a Tory.
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- Sturla (the person) became a parliamentary candidate for Dawn in 2016.
- In August 1842 he was parliamentary candidate for Nottingham, in a by-election.
- Chamlong decided to resign as governor and become a PDP parliamentary candidate.
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- He was also fielded as the party candidate in parliamentary elections.
- Right-to-Life party candidate Joan McDermott received 3.2% (2,967) of the vote.
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- The third placed mayoral candidate received a mere 1,000 votes.
- However, mayoral candidate Ludye Wallace sued on the basis of state law (T.C.A.
- Then on July 26, withdrew his councillor candidacy and re-registered as a mayoral candidate.
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- In 2003, he was a candidate for governor of Louisiana.
- França was also a candidate for governor of São Paulo in 2018.
- In 1858 and 1860, he was the Whig candidate for governor of Massachusetts.
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- He saw Georgia as a possible candidate for such an alliance.
- He singled out Alex Chola as a possible candidate for his job.
- Jan Švejnar was mentioned by Vít Bárta as a possible candidate.
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- She was also rejected as a potential candidate for the London Assembly.
- A potential candidate for the supernova remnant is the neutron star Geminga.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina is therefore a potential candidate country for EU accession.
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- A more structured ballot lists all candidates, and voters mark each candidate they support.
- There, the seals are checked before the boxes are opened and the votes for each candidate are counted.
- Running for one hour and 40 minutes, a question was asked to each candidate by a panel of four journalists.
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- Hanley was the leading candidate to succeed him.
- Ruth Padel, also a leading candidate, was elected to the post.
- He was the leading candidate of the FPÖ in the 2018 Lower Austrian state election.
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- He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1898.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1896.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1876.
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- Thomas was a socialist candidate for president in 1932.
- Sherill has endorsed Mike Bloomberg for Democratic candidate for president.
- In May 2018 Torra, the so-called "plan D", was nominated as candidate for president.
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- The third placed mayoral candidate received a mere 1,000 votes.
- In the election, no candidate received a majority of the votes.
- This is the first time a presidential candidate received more than 1,000,000 votes in the state.
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- Because no candidate won a majority, the Vermont General Assembly had to decide.
- , this is the last election in which the Republican candidate won Somerset County.
- , this is the last election in which the Democratic candidate won Montgomery County.
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- However, there may be a more likely candidate.
- Gold nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes are the most likely candidate.
- The most likely candidate for a stable superheavy atom, unbihexium, has 126 protons and 184 neutrons.
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- Wade was ultimately defeated by opposition candidate Macky Sall.
- There also were reports of mistreatment of an opposition candidate.
- The opposition candidate in the 1948 elections was Otilio Ulate Blanco.
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- She was the first candidate to declare an intention to run.
- In 1927 however, he was their first candidate and was elected to the Parliament of Norway.
- Bush was the first candidate since his father in the 1988 election to win over 50% of the popular vote.
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- , there are 168 SVHCs on the candidate list for authorization.
- for the 1979 European Parliament election Below is the candidate list for P.S.P.
- for the 1979 European Parliament election Below is the candidate list for P.P.R.
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- Instead, he supported another candidate, Yusuf IV.
- He declined to endorse another candidate.
- If not, the European Council shall propose another candidate within one month.
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- • "italics" denote a sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
- • "italics" denote the sitting councillor • bold denotes the winning candidate
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- He was a candidate for mayor of Boston in 1925.
- Bruce Majors ran as the Libertarian Party candidate for mayor of the District.
- On February 7, 2011, Alioto-Pier filed as a candidate for mayor of San Francisco.
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- If no candidate receives 50% of the vote all except for the top two are eliminated.
- If no candidate receives 50% of the votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks.
- A deposit is required, which is refunded if the candidate receives at least 5% of the vote in the constituency.
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- Chosen by Madison as his vice presidential candidate in 1812, Gerry was elected, but died a year and a half into his term.
- He said his reason for not voting Republican was the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
- In April 2012, Romney announced that he had chosen Myers to lead his presidential campaign’s search to help him select a vice presidential candidate.
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- Vakhtang Balavadze became a candidate for technical sciences in 2006.
- On March 1, 2010 Poizner officially became a candidate for Governor of California.
- As a cousin of late King Albert II, Frederick became a candidate for the imperial election.
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- For the 34% who prefer B, A continues to be their least preferred candidate.
- In fact he was reported to be the preferred candidate of the local Conservatives.
- In an election, sincere voting is formally choosing the voter's most preferred candidate.
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- Hutchinson had been their candidate against Arthur Brookfield at the 1900 general election.
- The Democratic Party would be willing to lend support to a candidate against Senator McCain.
- Wensel ran as an independent Senate candidate against incumbent Harry F. Byrd in the U.S. state of Virginia in 1958.
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- BMT is the official candidate to the GLXP.
- It is an official candidate for membership in the European Union.
- In 2014, Albania is an official candidate for accession to the EU.
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- The successful candidate on that occasion was Joseph Fourier.
- These qualifications provide proof of the successful candidate’s proficiency in English.
- In the 1993 Alberta general election, Fritz was the successful candidate receiving 60% of the vote.
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- The secretary of the NAS, Harm Kolthek, became the top candidate of the SP.
- In the 2013 federal election, she was again as the CDU's top candidate for Berlin.
- At election time the Leader is always the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) of the party list.
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- On each occasion, a single candidate was elected unopposed.
- To elect a single candidate a national public survey was held on May 28, 2005.
- One can vote for a party, but not a candidate (unless that party has a single candidate).
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- They would call people and tell them to vote for a certain political candidate.
- Her father, Nick Fuhrman, is a former political candidate and business consultant.
- Sablan is the first political candidate to record such a high winning total over an opponent.
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- Truman was an ideal compromise candidate.
- Having reached a stalemate, the convention ultimately nominated John W. Davis as a compromise candidate.
- On November 21, there was unanimous agreement on a compromise candidate who was also not one of the runners-up.
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- If no candidate receives 50% of the vote all except for the top two are eliminated.
- If no candidate receives 50% of the votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks.
- The presidential term lasts for 5 years, and is elected by majority, with a second round if no candidate receives a majority in the first round.
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- Thus, each party ended up nominating their own candidate for the presidential election.
- The Vienna-based Habsburg family, of which Charles II was a member, proposed its own candidate for the throne.
- ČSSD later decided to stand its own candidate Jiří Dienstbier Jr. Jan Fischer became front-runner in early 2012.
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- In the election, no candidate received a majority of the votes.
- A second round was required since no candidate received over the 50% winning threshold of votes.
- However, because no candidate received a majority of the vote, a runoff primary election was held.
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- He was the first Republican Party candidate to win the presidency.
- He was the only Republican candidate to win the state between 1888 and 1920.
- Prior to 2008, the last Democratic candidate to win North Carolina was Jimmy Carter in 1976.
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- A third candidate, John Noel, received 1,087 votes.
- At least every third candidate on each list had to be female.
- The remaining 6,240 votes (12.7 percent) went to the third candidate, Mark Thompson.
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- The Christian Democrat Party appointed Cristian Galleguillos as their new candidate.
- This time however, with the prospect of facing a new candidate, the Conservatives chose to fight.
- The authors explain that RGZ has enabled them to discover 25 new candidate hybrid morphology radio galaxies (HyMoRS).
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- Johnson faced Patrick Hayes and perennial candidate Jim Rogers.
- He was a perennial candidate for the party at the provincial and federal levels.
- He has made several unsuccessful runs for political office in Idaho and has been labeled a perennial candidate.
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- Tomáš Goláň was also viewed as a strong candidate.
- Woods had been chosen as a strong candidate.
- This made it a strong candidate for a proposed airport on the island.
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- There was only one candidate, Meek, and he was elected unanimously.
- Since only one candidate was nominated, there was no need for a vote.
- In recent years the council has suggested only one candidate, who is normally a member of the council.
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- "Colloquy with a Polish Aunt" is a good candidate for a Wilson award.
- Malikyan was questioned by a priest who wanted to determine whether or not he was a good candidate for the priesthood.
- After diagnosing the types of ptosis the ophthalmologist will then decides if the patient is a good candidate for surgery.
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- A suitable candidate was found in the alleged healing of an infant, Eric Catania (b.
- Izzy is told that Katy is not a suitable candidate for surrogacy as she is too young.
- Her appointment was consensual between European Council Members (Manfred Weber was not considered the most suitable candidate).
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- Hanley was the leading candidate to succeed him.
- He was a candidate to succeed fellow Republican David Vitter, who did not seek a third term in 2016.
- In 2015, he was considered a serious candidate to succeed Bill Blair as Chief of Police but was passed over in favour of Mark Saunders.
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- He has insinuated that votes were lost because of the choice of a female candidate.
- Michaela Blahová stated that her success might be caused by the fact that she was the only female candidate in the election.
- After Gething received sufficient nominations, he asked that no further AMs nominate him, but instead nominate a female candidate.
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- In 1955, Califano enlisted in the United States Navy as an officer candidate.
- Born in 1889, Hampe entered army service within the German Army on in 1908 as an officer candidate.
- Later, Hamling was sent to an officer candidate school, graduated, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant.
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- The Democratic Alliance designated Dan Plato as their candidate to replace her.
- In December 2011, rumors again surfaced citing Ferentz as a potential candidate to replace Haley.
- After the 2002 release of "Die Another Day", Scott was a candidate to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.