Examples of run for office in a Sentence
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Trump is the first former U.S. president to be found guilty of felonies, and the first major party candidate to run for office after being found guilty of a crime.
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Graham Kates, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Last week, a court ruled that Mr. Zuma was ineligible to run for office because of his criminal convictions.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
State parties recruit candidates to run for office.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024
This is not the first time Bell has run for office, after bids for Congress in Virginia in 2022 on a platform packed with far-right talking points.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024
Of the rest, the most common explanations for the lack of female candidates were: sexism, that women were too smart to run for office and that not enough women were trying to run.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
The city recently fired one of its volunteer firefighters, a 12-year resident who decided to run for office.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2024
Shrewsbury, a full-time community organizer, never expected to run for office.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Wexton's foray from law to politics came in 2014, when a vacancy in the Virginia state Senate inspired her to run for office on a platform of defending women's rights.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
Graham Kates, CBS News, 31 May 2024
Last week, a court ruled that Mr. Zuma was ineligible to run for office because of his criminal convictions.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
State parties recruit candidates to run for office.
—Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 22 May 2024
This is not the first time Bell has run for office, after bids for Congress in Virginia in 2022 on a platform packed with far-right talking points.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024
Of the rest, the most common explanations for the lack of female candidates were: sexism, that women were too smart to run for office and that not enough women were trying to run.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
The city recently fired one of its volunteer firefighters, a 12-year resident who decided to run for office.
—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2024
Shrewsbury, a full-time community organizer, never expected to run for office.
—Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
Wexton's foray from law to politics came in 2014, when a vacancy in the Virginia state Senate inspired her to run for office on a platform of defending women's rights.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
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“Run for office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20for%20office. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
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