Sentence examples for second major candidate from inspiring English sources

He would be the second major candidate to sign up.

Representative Stephen F. Lynch took the first official step toward running for the Senate seat that opened last week after Edward M. Kennedy's death, indicating he would become the second major candidate to join the race.

Obama was only the second major candidate to form a Presidential exploratory committee; the previous month, John Edwards had announced the formation of his own committee from the yard of a home that had been destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

Sure, he has little chance of winning, say the seers and pundits, mindful of the huge advantages held by Democratic front-runner Kathleen Brown and a second major candidate, John Garamendi.

The fourth major candidate, Mark Green, also said he opposed changing the law.

The third major candidate, Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, from the center-left, is given no realistic chance of winning.

The third major candidate, Roberto Madrazo, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico for 70 years, was in third place.

A1 Phil Angelides, California's Democratic state treasurer, became the first major candidate to announce his candidacy for governor in 2006.

The New Hampshire primary is over a year away, and the first major candidate has yet to formally declare.

I was the first major candidate in modern times to promote the term and policy of 'America First'," Duke said in the video.

Mr. DiBrienza, a Democrat who is the chairman of the Council's General Welfare Committee, is the fourth major candidate to announce his candidacy.