Sentence examples for candidate next to from inspiring English sources

A two-time presidential candidate, next to Obama he's arguably America's most significant black political figure, and one of the most intriguing characters to enter that stage.

But Mr Sarkozy is now the most popular politician on the right: last month, 56% rated him as a presidential candidate, next to 51% for Mr Chirac and only 35% for Mr Juppé.

When another question arose about what to do with a ballot that bore a scribbled name of a candidate next to its typed-out version, Mr. Richman said to disqualify it.

So when a moderator turned to him with a question on one occasion when he was not listening, he panicked — until he was saved by the candidate next to him.

The page has also launched a crowdsourcing campaign to raise a billboard in the center of the city that says "Only mice don't vote for Barsik!" with a picture of the feline candidate next to it, according to The Guardian.

The first was why someone decided to put the tallest of the candidates next to the shortest.

How weak are the efforts of the real candidates next to those of our imagined model mayor!

Reflecting the continuing emphasis on local celebrity, the ballots that voters used in Friday's election had color pictures of all the candidates next to their names.

The publication of its genome sequence, subsequent systematic functional analysis and experimental characterization of its specific gene regulatory programs together with an extensive understanding of its biochemistry and physiology makes this micro-organism an excellent candidate next only to Escherichia coli K12 to model regulatory networks in silico.

But more important was their selection of up to six delegates in each Congressional district — some of them alternates — who would presumably support the presidential candidate listed next to their names at the convention in Florida in August.

On Thursday, four months after Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican candidate, stood next to Mr. Hagee at a news conference and announced how delighted he was to have his endorsement, Mr. McCain renounced it.