Sentence examples for candidate decided from inspiring English sources

"My guess is they were hoping to get John Edwards to plead" and reach a deal with prosecutors, but the former candidate decided to fight instead.

A legal complication could arise if a delegate who was officially bound to a candidate decided later on to change his mind.

But they say the candidate decided early that he would not modulate his views to increase his appeal to some conservatives.

According to Paul's campaign aides, the candidate decided to drop out after a disappointing finish in Monday's Iowa caucuses, where his father had placed a strong third in 2012.

I had more time to get involved in the Labour party and in the local elections and when our previous candidate decided not to stand again, I was asked to put my name forward.

PEROT WILL NOT RUN -- Ross Perot, a two-time presidential candidate, decided yesterday against putting his name on the Reform Party's primary ballot, removing a big potential roadblock for Patrick J. Buchanan's candidacy.

Sometimes a candidate decides to end the trial.

The candidate decides which ideas to share and how, and who is permitted into the audience.

"It's more an art, an alchemy," Mr. Axelrod said about the moment when a candidate decides to toss a jab.

Moreover, if a candidate decides to respond to every accusation -- post-Dukakis -- he can find himself perpetually on the defensive, in many forums, on every front.

That's a case in which voters take a look at a candidate, decide to go with someone else, and then get a choice two years later between the new incumbent and the old one.