Sentence examples for tough candidate from inspiring English sources

"He's a tough candidate," Mr. DiFrancesco said.

Flake is an appealing guy and a tough candidate.

But the candidate himself remains courtly, saying that she is in and remains a tough candidate.

What is needed, Mrs. Clinton told the crowd, is a tough candidate for a hard world.

But he is expected to have more than $50 million for his re-election campaign, so political experts expect him to be a tough candidate.

Dave DeBusschere: With many voters calling defense a key election issue, Dave "Big D" DeBusschere could be a tough candidate to beat.

'I know the Republicans think I'm the toughest candidate to beat," Mr. Gephardt likes to say.

In recent weeks, Mr. Rudd and the opposition leader, Tony Abbott, have both sought to define themselves as the toughest candidate on asylum seekers.

Though people close to Mr. McCall had long said Mr. Cuomo should quit the race, some conceded yesterday that having a tough adversary had made Mr. McCall a tougher candidate, made his campaign quicker on its feet and generated heavy news media coverage that raised the candidate's profile.

While studies continue to say that being taller and having a deeper voice can make you seem like a more credible leader, Hillary thrillingly proved herself the best debater and the toughest candidate while being shorter and having the higher voice.

When I asked why they weren't simply shooting down Campbell -- who in my view was extraordinarily vulnerable -- they made it clear that they preferred to go the positive route instead, stressing Fiorina as a tougher candidate to take on Boxer.