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• n  a politician who is running for public office
• n  someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)

• What started out as a season of unusual opportunity for third-party candidates is coming to a dispiriting close.
• Anchorage Daily News MCT Landov On the Richter scale of Internet search energy, Republican presidential candidate John McCain's announcement on Friday that he had chosen Sarah .
• A look at books on or by candidates running in the presidential election in 2008.

• campaigner
• nominee
• prospect

News & Articles

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• Sheriff candidate Paul Schrader will give talk June 21 in Redlands
  Paul Schrader, a candidate for San Bernardino County sheriff, will speak when the Redlands Republican Women's Club meets June 21 at the Redlands Country Club, 1749 Garden St., Redlands.
  June 12, 2013 - Redlands Daily Facts
• Candidate claims his signature was forged
  FARMINGDALE (AP) — A candidate for selectman in Farmingdale is accusing his incumbent opponent of dirty tricks. read more
  June 11, 2013 - The Times Record
• Mayoral candidate wants to fight blight in Binghamton
  A candidate for Binghamton mayor says he's concerned about blight in the city.
  June 11, 2013 - YNN Syracuse

Quotes

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• Joe Biden in Truthdig
  In the interview, Biden described Obama as "the first mainstream African American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that'sa storybook, man."
• John McCain in Reuters India
  I do not believe that anyone should make promises as a candidate for president that they cannot keep if elected,McCain said to applause in a speech to a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.
• Hillary Rodham Clinton in ABC News
  Let's declare together in one voice right here, right now that Barack Obama is our candidate and he will be our president,said Clinton.