candidature
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“A public candidature and campaigning like the one that we have seen this year is highly unusual,” said Nina Graeger, the director of Peace Research Institute Oslo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
John Swinney is being nominated by Deputy First Minister Shona Robison, with the SNP’s deputy leader Keith Brown seconding his candidature.
From BBC • May 7, 2024
Rajoelina sent his resignation letter to the court on Saturday following confirmation of his candidature in the elections, the High Constitutional Court said in a statement late on Saturday.
From Reuters • Sep. 10, 2023
Clark made it to fifth place in the sixth ballot before her own candidature was killed off.
From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2018
In this respect he deceived his adversaries, and perhaps still more his friends, if this term can be applied to the politicians who patronized his candidature.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de
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