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

VOA: special.2009.08.30

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

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

VOA: special.2009.12.10

But the soon-to-be officially nominated Republican candidate has been quite insistent in recent interviews: he is like Popeye.

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One of the things that we did last time was to listen to the thoughts and views of our colleagues before I nominated a candidate.

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Musharraf made his comments a day after newly-elected lawmakers -- dominated by the opposition -- nominated a candidate to lead the coalition that has vowed to overturn the moves they say Musharraf took to hold on to power.

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