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

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Southern members supported it. Delegates to the convention chose a candidate who seemed to support the party's policies.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

When Theodore Roosevelt won the election of nineteen-oh-four, he announced he would not be a candidate in nineteen-oh-eight.

VOA: special.2010.09.02

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

VOA: special.2009.06.11

The ruling clears the way for corporations and unions to use their own money to support the election or defeat of a candidate.

VOA: special.2010.03.12

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

VOA: special.2010.02.11

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

VOA: special.2009.06.11

A candidate needs more than fifty percent of the vote to avoid a run-off election.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

He said,"It has been my decision since becoming a candidate to make no speeches.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

Many people were pleased when he announced his plans to be a candidate.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

He said: "A man who has once been the candidate of his party -- and defeated -- owes it to his party not to be a candidate again."

VOA: special.2010.05.27

And he planned to be a candidate in the next election.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Always chosen as a candidate when sure to be defeated.

VOA: special.2009.01.22