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How to use the word Candidate in a Sentence?

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Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber for what you say. (addressing fellow candidate Vivek Ramaswamy in a the 2nd GOP primary debate)

Nikki Haley

added by Greying_Geezer
7 months ago

I support Semilla and I think they do want to make a change, but I do n’t think the system will allow it, it seems utopian to think that we will have a candidate who is not involved in corruption and narcopolitics.

Loren Giordano

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

I do n’t know who the candidate is, to tell you the truth, i ’m only voting out of necessity.

Mary Fernanda

Found on New York Times
11 months ago

Justice is a likable candidate – he takes that ‘aw shucks’ thing to the next level, this is going to be [Manchin’s] toughest fight, but I think anyone who thinks this is going to be a piece of cake is wrong. I don’t think he’s going to be easy to beat.

John Kilwein

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Anyone who wants to run for president or any federal office will have to satisfy that requirement or they won’t get the support of this movement, that healthy debate on that debate stage is where this will all be worked out in terms of who the candidate should be, and may the best man or woman win.

Marjorie Dannenfelser

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no Republican candidate that will get the support of the pro-life movement, evangelicals, Catholics and secular people who support the pro-life cause who rejects such a limit (of 15 weeks).

Marjorie Dannenfelser

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Well, I am not a candidate, so we’ll see if and when that changes.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A candidate has to understand that that is what it’s like running against Donald Trump, the age of having carefully controlled media appearances and a moderate approach to content creation – that is not going to work against Trump, who, whether he wants to make news or somebody else wants to make news about him, it happens every single day. It happens constantly. And the only way to occupy attention in a voter’s mind is to fight him for that space.

Another Republican strategist

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We think he’s an outstanding candidate for parole, he’s demonstrated that in the last two years he’s been under supervised release. He’s been an incredibly successful person on the outside with his work, his church and his family.

Keith Harrison

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think any candidate, to be able to win, is to talk about what we’re for, focus on the future, not look in the rearview mirror, if you look in the rearview mirror too long while you’re driving, you’re going to look up, and you’re going to be running into somebody, and that’s not going to be good.

Brian Kemp

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m not a big believer that you can determine who the weaker candidate is. A lot of people up here then would not have been their choice, obviously there might be some exceptions here or there, but generally the NRSC should be engaged in helping whoever the Republican nominee is to win the general election.

Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

She was a very competitive candidate. I think I trust the Republican voters in Arizona to pick the nominee, i don’t think Washington should be stepping in to do it.

Marco Rubio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Certainly, the Court would not impose a gag order at this time even if it were requested, such restraints are the most serious and least intolerable on First Amendment rights. That does apply doubly to Mr. Trump, because he is a candidate for the presidency of the United States.

Juan Merchan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It was a carefully crafted political discourse, we are not going to have our own candidate, and we will leave it to the international community to interpret it the way they wish.

Hisyar Ozsoy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If you could tell a potential candidate that they would have greater financial security if they decided to wage a campaign for office, then it might increase the pool of candidates, including women.

Kelly Dittmar

Found on CNN
1 year ago

At a place like the Cincinnati Zoo, we are able to provide our servals, and every animal, with the space, exercise, mental and physical enrichment that each species needs. since he is used to being around people, we are hoping he is a strong candidate to join our ambassador program.

Cincinnati Zoo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We have to get a candidate who is going to be a winning presidential candidate, that’s not excluding President Trump – right now, he’s closer to getting that majority in the party than anyone else – but it didn’t work last time and we’re concerned about that.

Kim Schmett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We went from winning by 32,000 votes in 2018 to winning by over 1.5 million votes in 2022. We earned the largest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate received in Florida history.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I know there’s a Republican candidate out there who you did not invite to this conference.

Nikki Haley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He can change his mind about Donald Trump. This is a free country. George owes no allegiance to a political party or a presidential candidate. But his vows to me, I feel, were broken because we were all in.

Kellyanne Conway

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There was a scenario where we only considered voters who had picked up their PVC … based on that scenario, the The Labour Party candidate is Labour Party presidential candidate, however, we then also estimated a low turnout scenario. The idea is that these are the harder than hardcore voters and those that most likely will turn up to vote on the day. Under that scenario, the APC candidate … emerges victorious.

Michael Famoroti

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I want to see a candidate who can not only win a primary, but can win a general election.

Steve Daines

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If there’s any chance he will be the nominee, you’ll be able to see it in the campaign finance filings – I’ll contribute to his campaign, maybe they’re able to find another great candidate like George Santos, with an even better résumé.

Jay Jacobs

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s a 90% loss of your delegates if your primary is held before March 1. So if this becomes law, no Republican candidate for president is going to come to Michigan to campaign.

Andrew Beeler

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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