Sentence examples for recent candidacy from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Clinton's recent candidacy was a moment of reckoning for women of her generation, who treated her run as a mirror in which to examine their own lives.

But in her resignation speech to the faculty yesterday, Dr. Hitchcock said that her recent candidacy for the presidency of the University of Florida -- she was a finalist -- had led her to realize it was time for a change.

If the Occupy Wall Street movement sharpened the distinction between the 1% and the 99%, Mitt Romney's recent candidacy opened a can of worms about exactly how the super-rich feel about the "moochers" and "takers" in the lower 47%.

Vargas Llosa also published an autobiographical account of his recent unsuccessful candidacy for the presidency of Peru, El pez en el agua.

In recent weeks, his candidacy has largely hinged on criticizing inflammatory rhetoric by Donald Trump about Sen. John McCain's war record.

In recent days, the candidacies of Hussein al-Shahristani, an independent Shiite and member of the alliance, and Ali al-Adeeb, a leader of Mr. Jaafari's Dawa Party, have been gaining momentum.

Though Mr. Cain did not directly address the allegations, he did obliquely allude to the recent concerns surrounding his candidacy.

Ms. Lagarde has been focusing intently on her candidacy in recent days, a French government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday.

In throwing his support behind Mr. Romney, Mr. Ryan joined a growing list of the Republican establishment that has begun coalescing around Mr. Romney's candidacy in recent days.

Despite a past that included allegations of corruption, drugs profiteering and harshness against his enemies, Mr. Shirzai was gathering national support for his candidacy in recent months.

James Dao (NYT) THE STATES END OF POLITICAL WINDSTORM -- Richard A. Gebhardt, whose sound-alike primary challenge to the House minority leader, Representative Richard A. Gephardt, had Democrats in a tizzy in recent months, dropped his candidacy, a state spokesman announced yesterday.