Sentence examples for ran a candidate from inspiring English sources

BACK in 1832, the Anti-Masons were growing so concerned about secret societies and ruling elites in young America that they ran a candidate for president, William Wirt of Maryland, a former United States attorney general.

The Jockey Club ran a candidate in both parties' primary elections.

For the first time in any presidential election, Fianna Fáil neither ran a candidate nor supported the nomination of a candidate.

Had the GOP ran a candidate with similar appeal, they'd have opted out of "public" financing for ACTUAL public financing, too.

The Liberals ran a candidate in Mount Pearl who lost his job hosting Open Line after an on-air racist meltdown, but this never stirred up as much smoke as the other two.

The Democrats didn't even bother running a candidate against him in 1996.

For the W.F.P. people, running a candidate of their own would have been risky but exciting.

They said, if you support us, we won't run a candidate against you.

The Nationals are running a candidate in the seat for the first time since 2001.

It did not even run a candidate in the presidential election this year.

The Liberal Democrats, who are in coalition with Labor, did not run a candidate of their own.