Sentence examples for left candidate for from inspiring English sources

Alexis Tsipras is the European Left candidate for president of the European Commission.

Eection posters for the European Left candidate for the EU presidency, Alexis Tsipras, in central Athens.

Sometimes touted as a left candidate for the general secretaryship of the TUC, Christie opted for a return to Scotland, where he had strong social and political roots.

British-based financial institutions must be prevented post-Brexit from selling their services in the eurozone, Emmanuel Macron, the likely progressive left candidate for the French presidency has told the Guardian.

The Lieutenant Gov. Peter Kinder called him, "The hardest left candidate ever nominated for president of the United States".

And the additional spending brought about by the Citizens United ruling has left candidates and political parties scratching for more money, to protect against late-stage advertising by independent groups.

The votes for the fringe left candidates were low, just as Jean-Marie Le Pen's vote was low by his previous standards.

Much will depend on the Legislature's provision of full financing for the new system and whether big-money interests show respect for the public by tempering their spending in judicial contests, leaving candidates to speak for themselves.

Critics say lucrative contracts were steered to members of an association of businesspeople linked to CL.Fabio Pizzul, a possible centre-left candidate for the governorship of Lombardy, says the CL's influence remains considerable and the extent of its future clout remains "an open question".

Pier Luigi Bersani has won the race to be the centre-left candidate for Italian PM in next year's general election, according to partial results.

In New Jersey, events left one candidate for governor stranded overseas and effectively suspended all politicking within the state.