An ardent Conservative moderniser, he founded and ran a think-tank before helping to oversee the party's preparations for office.

他在帮助监管该党大选时的准备工作前，曾创建并运营着一个智库。

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In time, Brown became governor and Mr Coblentz became his special counsel, but he never ran for public office nor accepted offers to become a judge.

布朗当选州长后，科先生成为他的特别顾问。科先生从来不为谋取官职而奔波，也没有接受他人的建议成为一名法官。

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They were the views the President expressed when he ran for office in 2008 and won.

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The 61-year-old former military general pledged to rule Guatemala with an iron fist when he ran for office last year.

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Halliburton, which was headed by US Vice-President Dick Cheney until he ran for office in 2000, has strenuously denied any wrongdoing with regard to the Iraqi contracts.

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