Sentence examples for first-rate candidate from inspiring English sources

And the Democrats have finally come up with a first-rate candidate for governor.

"The trench warfare between the factions on the board has got to get solved in order for the district to attract a first-rate candidate into the superintendency".

Stone theorized that Parker would have been an effective president and the 1904 election was one of a few in American history in which voters had two first-rate candidates to choose from.

ONE of the great misperceptions of this political year, among many Democrats and Republicans alike, is that Hillary Clinton is a third-rate candidate with no core or convictions — oops, wrong word, but you get the point.

But when Sir John Browne withdrew his candidacy, having been made a working peer, Mr Greene urged trustees to go with a second-rate candidate rather than start the election process afresh.

"The normal selection process for our prospective parliamentary candidate will shortly be underway, and I am confident that this association will soon have in place a first rate candidate who will be able to carry forward Laura's brilliant work on behalf of the people of Thanet," he added.

During the presidential primaries that year, the frontrunner Mitt Romney had an odd amount of difficulty wiping out fourth-rate candidates like Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, and Ron Paul.

There's no guarantee that future elections here will offer up any first-rate political candidates.

If a first-rate and overdue candidate like Brian Shaw is available, Prokhorov's team should tell Kidd nyet, or at least not yet.

And Keys isn't just the run-of-the-mill, third-rate Tory candidate who usually contests safe Labour seats like Sedgefield; rather, he is someone who believes he has the singular moral authority to defeat Blair at the polls for taking Britain to war in Iraq.

Each has been a first-rate lawmaker on the council; each is a credible candidate for county executive.