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Wilson County School Board Zone 5 Republican Donnie Self won against Democrat challenger Brittany Ash with Republican Aaron Fulcher also in the race as a write-in candidate who campaigned despite not being listed on the ballot.
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Duggan became the first white mayor of majority-Black Detroit since the 1970s with his election in 2013, following a successful write-in campaign.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Sixteen candidates qualified at the Friday deadline, including 10 Republicans, five independents or write-ins and a single Democrat, Gay Valimont.
—Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Flashback: Duggan was elected mayor in 2013 through a write-in campaign when the city was in the midst of its historic bankruptcy case.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Duggan became the first white mayor of majority-Black Detroit since the 1970s with his election in 2013, following a successful write-in campaign.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Sixteen candidates qualified at the Friday deadline, including 10 Republicans, five independents or write-ins and a single Democrat, Gay Valimont.
—Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Flashback: Duggan was elected mayor in 2013 through a write-in campaign when the city was in the midst of its historic bankruptcy case.
—Joe Guillen, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for write-in
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Bridgeport city councilman Alfredo Castillo was referred to state prosecutors on Tuesday for potential criminal charges related to allegedly registering a non U.S. citizen to vote in the city’s 2023 Democratic primary and filling out an absentee ballot in that person’s name.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
9 Jan. 2025
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The problem in that race, Republicans argue, is that 20 absentee ballots went missing.—
Alex Derosier,
Twin Cities,
21 Dec. 2024
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The option of retaining the island's current status as a U.S. territory, as well as U.S. citizenship, was not included on the referendum ballot.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Patty Smith, 8th Ward, made an objection to the referendum question’s petition.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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In a strange reversal of a longstanding trend with the Academy, this year’s documentary short ballot is almost entirely domestic (which is to say, films made by or about Americans), while the feature doc category — where subtitles aren’t so common — is entirely international.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2024
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About half a dozen poll workers said this election has been particularly slow, likely because of the short ballot and bad weather.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
16 May 2023
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Producers thinking of putting on an Arthur Miller are more likely to go for the tragedies because that’s what he’s known for and those are what have sold tickets in the past.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Jan. 2025
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Jarett Allen from Burnsville won $5,000,000 in the N.C. lottery on Thursday, Jan. 9, after purchasing a $30 200X The Cash ticket from his local Riverside General Store, according to an official news release.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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