Whig leaders turned away from their early choice of Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky as their candidate.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

We're also going to assume, just as we did last time, that voters are going to vote for the closest candidate.

我们还要假设,像上次一样,选民会选择离他最近的候选人

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It is--at least, it puts itself out there as a candidate to be an alternative term that one might use if one got tired of saying "irony" or "paradox."

如果“讽刺“，“悖论“一类的词,用的太多,可以用“朦胧“来替换“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

She became well-known after Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose her as his vice presidential running mate.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

So again, let's think of an example here, a couple of examples, in the Bush Gore election, we saw President Bush, candidate Bush as was, saying "I'm not a right wing candidate, I'm a compassionate conservative."

接下来我们再来分析一个案例,就是布什跟戈尔竞选总统的案例,我们都知道总统布什,那时候应该还是总统候选人布什,说他自己不是激进派,他是个有同情心的保守派

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The Democrats nominated Humphrey as their candidate to face the Republican candidate, former Vice President Richard Nixon.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

I think this is President Obama's understanding, also at least as far as I understand from the speeches that he gave when he was a candidate is that we understand the importance of maintaining the integrity of faith communities, they could hire who they want to hire using the wrong resources.

我认为这是总统奥巴马的理解，也至少是我目前,从他作为候选人时所做的演讲中理解的,是我们理解,保持信仰团体完整的重要性，他们可以雇佣任何想要雇佣的人,利用错误的资源。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The People's Party chose James Weaver as its candidate in the presidential election of eighteen ninety-two.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

So, by the way, I don't mean this as a joke, in some sense there's always a third candidate and that comes from the problem we had earlier, because not voting is always an option.

顺便说一句,我不认为某种程度上说,是有三个选举人是一个笑话,这是由于一些由来已久的问题造成的,因为不投票也是一种选择

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

And Tyler - a Whig - hoped that Calhoun might be able to get him nominated as the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

The Whig Party chose him as its vice presidential candidate in the election of eighteen forty-eight.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

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

VOA: special.2010.08.08

As the election of 1840 drew closer, the Whig Party felt more and more hopeful that it could put its candidate in the White House.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

The Barnburner Democrats of New York refused to accept Cass as their candidate.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

On the fourth vote, the convention chose Cass as the party's presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

As a result, almost every pro-slavery candidate was elected to the new legislature.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

Besides, there was a growing feeling among the Whig leaders that they should choose a military hero as their presidential candidate - a general like Andrew Jackson.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

The Democratic Party chose New York Governor Grover Cleveland as its presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2010.04.29

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

VOA: special.2009.12.10

A number of Democrats refused to accept Bryan as their candidate.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Then they nominated General George McClellan as their candidate for president.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

Always chosen as a candidate when sure to be defeated.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

People began to speak of him as a presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

As a presidential candidate, he offered no new national programs.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

But the Democrats chose John F.Kennedy as their candidate.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

They refused to treat him as a serious candidate.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

But he was not taken seriously as a candidate.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

So they,too,chose Horace Greeley as their presidential candidate.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

They nominated Horace Greeley as their candidate.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

But neither the Maoist leader, popularly known as Prachanda, nor the Nepali Congress candidate, Ram Chandra Poudel, could win a majority.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29