He then won a big victory in the general election over the candidate of the Whig Party, General Winfield Scott.

VOA: special.2009.04.23

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

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

In fact,he did not express support for the Democratic candidate until a few days before the election.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

And he had been the candidate of a minor party in the presidential election of eighteen eighty.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

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

VOA: special.2009.04.09

He was the first Democratic Party candidate to win a presidential election in almost twenty-eight years.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

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

VOA: special.2010.06.10

President Obama had campaigned for the Democratic candidate in Tuesday's special Senate election in Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2010.01.23

It soon became clear that Lincoln would be the party's presidential candidate in the election.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

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

VOA: special.2010.08.05

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

VOA: special.2009.08.22

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

They did not want him to be the party's candidate in that year's election.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

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

VOA: special.2009.12.10

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

VOA: special.2009.01.01

(OMITTED) The winning candidate will face another tough election against Republican candidate John Boozman in the November general election.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Under questioning, Clinton said the United States is ready to work with whatever candidate wins Uruguay's presidential election in October.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Sestak will now face Republican candidate Pat Toomey in the November election for this key senate seat.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

India's election commission ruled the remarks were criminally offensive and said he should not be a candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

He praised the candidate for his conduct throughout the election and said it is up to Afghan authorities to determine how to proceed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

If no candidate has more than then there will be a second round of the election.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Former Ivorian President Henri Konan Bdi, who is a candidate in the upcoming election, says the vote can still take place on November 29.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

However it was the Communists' subsequent failure to secure election of their presidential candidate that prompted a new election in July which brought the pro-western coalition to power.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

Jean Mamboundou says opposition parties have failed to heed civil society's call for a single candidate because many believe they can win the election outright on their own.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

Iranian police indicated that they had arrested 170 people following widespread street protests and clashes, Saturday that were sparked by the announcement that popular reformist candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi had lost the election.

VOA: standard.2009.06.14