How to Use candidacy in a Sentence

candidacy

noun

• He withdrew his candidacy after the scandal damaged his reputation.
• The board candidacy of Iger, for one, got 96.7% of shares cast.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• Asked to make the case for Powell’s sixth-man candidacy, the coach pointed to the team’s record, which now stands at 23-22.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
• The deadline to file for school board candidacy is Feb. 9.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
• During her candidacy last year, Karamo promised to lead the state through the 2024 election.
  — USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
• With that, Michels left the stage, and his candidacy dissolved.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2022
• The pair recorded the message in support of Joe Biden’s candidacy.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
• There is more at stake in this election than my candidacy.
  — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
• The campaign feels less need to define him or his candidacy for voters this time around.
  — Mike Allen, Axios, 22 Sep. 2024
• But by then, even many of those around Mr. Scott believed his candidacy had already run its course.
  — Maya King, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• He could not be reached for comment about his candidacy.
  — John Byrne, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
• There was a time when scandal, the whiff of scandal, or even a simple gaffe was the kiss of death for a presidential candidacy.
  — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
• The news comes a day after Christie allies launched a super PAC to support his candidacy.
  — Rick Klein, ABC News, 31 May 2023
• The poll saw the lead Biden (who had not yet withdrawn his candidacy) had among such voters drop thirty-two points, down to sixteen points from forty-eight in 2020.
  — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
• The court's order was filed 1:34 p.m. Tuesday, around the time the commission started to discuss the challenges to Rust's candidacy.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Feb. 2024
• Her candidacy energized Democrats who feared they were destined for defeat with Biden at the top of the ticket.
  — Matt Brown, Twin Cities, 6 Nov. 2024
• But there is another year to debate his candidacy and Wright is happy to have it.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• The holdings were disclosed in a form that Oz filed as part of his candidacy for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania in 2022.
  — Bloomberg, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
• Doug and Shehan look at the Heisman and discuss and debate the pros and cons of a lot of players, all of them with at least something holding back their candidacy.
  — cleveland, 8 Dec. 2022
• My candidacy for Cleveland Clerk of Courts was based on shaking up the complacency that has set in over many years.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 29 Aug. 2023
• That blows a hole in the only real challenge to Mark Jordan’s candidacy.
  — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
• Hardwick himself wished to run for the seat and figured a woman would not oppose his candidacy.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
• History shows that these candidacies tend to fade by the time voters cast ballots.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
• Others were more nuanced in making the case for their candidacy.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
• Banks is the only person to announce his candidacy so far.
  — Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2023
• Image The polling shows many of the conditions for a successful third-party candidacy could be in place.
  — Nate Cohn, New York Times, 4 May 2024
• The deadline to file for candidacy in the New Hampshire primary is Friday.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• Knuth was the first candidate to throw his hat in the ring, announcing his candidacy in January.
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
• The move is widely seen as a potential setback for Serbia's EU candidacy.
  — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
• Raskin announced his candidacy in a letter to colleagues Monday, pitting him against Nadler, who has held the party’s highest seat on the committee since 2019.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Dec. 2024

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