How to Use candidacy in a Sentence

candidacy

noun
  • He withdrew his candidacy after the scandal damaged his reputation.
  • With that, Michels left the stage, and his candidacy dissolved.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Hardwick himself wished to run for the seat and figured a woman would not oppose his candidacy.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Does age seem to you, realistically, to be a factor that would operate against your candidacy for president?
    NBC News, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Here, Trump may have declared his candidacy so far in advance of the election to gain the upper hand in messaging about the investigation.
    Barbara McQuade, Time, 17 Nov. 2022
  • His candidacy was one of the worst trouncing in U.S. presidential politics, but his ideas and ideals persisted.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Naomi and her two sisters, Finnegan and Maisy, as well as their cousins, encouraged Biden to announce his candidacy to challenge Trump.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Trump announcing his candidacy for 2024 may spark yet another legal challenge.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Adrianna Dallmann withdrew her motion to dismiss the objection against her candidacy for alderman at-large.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The president-elect claimed his prosecution was a politically motivated attempt to harm his candidacy in the race for a second term.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 | Mwalsh@cleveland.com, 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
  • History shows that these candidacies tend to fade by the time voters cast ballots.
    Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Lawyers for Donald Trump have conducted a probe into reports that a top aide asked prospective political appointees for payments to promote their candidacies with Trump.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024

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