Sentence examples for and ran as a from inspiring English sources

He founded a successful drilling company, and ran as a "proven job creator", "100% pro-life and pro-traditional marriage".

It began in 1906 and ran, as a part of various world sports car championships, until 1973, when its grim safety record finally could no longer be ignored.

The gubernatorial nominee, Adlai Stevenson III, was so horrified that he bolted the ticket and ran as a third-party candidate.

Finding that the Democratic Party preferred to back established African-American candidates, he switched parties and ran as a Republican, expecting a solid Haitian vote.

Mr. Nixon, a longtime Californian, had moved to New York a few years earlier, and ran as a New York resident.

In the politics of the physical world, Mr. Barlow was a former county chair of the Wyoming Republican Party and ran as a Republican candidate for State Senate and lost by one vote.

Taur declined and ran as an independent.

She fell out with her party and ran as an independent in last October's general election, losing heavily.

He describes himself as an "angel investor" and ran as an independent in the Witney by-election triggered when David Cameron quit the Commons after losing the Brexit referendum.

Sensing a primary loss, Crist abandoned his primary bid and ran as an Independent.

Chafee left the Republican Party in 2007 and ran as an independent governor in 2010.