For two days, the delegates debated the slavery issue and discussed their choice of a candidate for president.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

A month later, he was saying he was not a candidate for president -- and never would be.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

In none of his speeches did he say he might be a candidate for president in eighteen sixty.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

When the Republican Party convention opened in Cincinnati,Ohio, Blaine was the leading candidate for the presidential nomination.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

The Democratic Party had a much more difficult time choosing a candidate for president in eighteen sixty-eight.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

She also announced plans to be the Conservative Party candidate for the Senate from New York.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

The deep and extensive roots of sunflowers make them another good candidate for resisting extreme conditions.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

It became a campaign song for Walter O'Brien, a Progressive Party candidate for mayor of Boston,Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

They told the story of a poor farm boy who educated himself and, through hard work and honesty, had become a candidate for president.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

He thought differently." Louis Leakey thought Jane Goodall would be a perfect candidate for the job.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

In nineteen fifty-two, she supported the Republican Party's candidate for president, former General Dwight Eisenhower.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

He became the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, but lost the election.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

In nineteen sixty-four, she supported Senator Barry Goldwater as the Republican Party's candidate for president.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

He looked more like a simple farmer than a candidate for the United States Senate.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Republican Party leaders in New York thought he would be the perfect candidate for governor.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

And in nineteen twenty, he was the Democratic Party's unsuccessful candidate for vice president.

VOA: special.2011.03.17

Alaska is the home of Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

They nominated explorer John Fremont as their candidate for the national election.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

Like the Democrats, they chose Bryan to be their candidate for president.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The Democratic Party's candidate for president was Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

So he became the compromise candidate for delegates hoping to stop Blaine.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Douglas expected to be the Democratic candidate for president in eighteen sixty.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

They would return the next day to nominate their candidate for president.

VOA: special.2009.07.09