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Example sentences for: candidacy

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In its off-lead the Post reports on the building excitement over Texas Governor George W. Bush's prospective presidential candidacy.
These thinkers note that white sociopaths most often prey on people of their own race, citing the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colo.; the Fort Worth, Texas, church massacre; and Donald Trump's presidential candidacy as examples.
And even in his public role, there's an excellent chance his newspaper under his direction will endorse Gore's candidacy.
) For another, Trump's candidacy, and the Reform Party generally, reflects a larger, important trend in politics, and may be the surest sign yet that ideology as a force in national elections is dead.
Why would three Bush supporters want to supply a hostile reporter with information that would destroy their friend's candidacy?