The position of Secretary of State went to James Blaine, who had refused his party's requests to run for president.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

In this way, William Jennings Bryan was able to run for president at the head of two separate political parties.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Pierce wanted to run for re-election. Many northern Democrats,however, objected to his support of the pro-slavery legislature in Kansas.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

How her soul had burned in pain when she had seen him run to meet that woman, with her look of victory.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Then,he permitted former officials of the confederacy to run for office in their states' new elections.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

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

VOA: special.2009.08.22

And they chose Democrat Andrew Johnson of Tennessee to run as vice president.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

"This rich vein of cultural heritage seems to run through them,especially in families.

VOA: special.2011.05.09

But if the batter hits the ball and it is not caught, the batter tries to run to one or more of the four bases on the field.

VOA: special.2009.04.12

Northerners had expected to win the battle of Bull Run.

VOA: special.2009.09.03

Some of the southern soldiers began to run.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

They burned the captured supplies. Then they moved a few kilometers away to a long, low hill just northwest of the Bull Run battleground, where southern forces defeated a northern army a year before.

VOA: special.2009.09.24

Political experts see Governor Crist's decision to run as an independent as the latest example of a growing trend in U.S.politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

Fraud,insecurity and the weather all threaten to make next month's run-off elections difficult for one of the world's newest democracies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21