Definition of Candidate

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Candidate

One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.

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Candidate Quotations

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party's candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.
John F. Kennedy

After the Republican Party did everything that Colin Powell says it needs to do to grow, and nominated the very kind of candidate he wanted in 2008, what did Powell do? He endorsed Obama! So according to the Drive-Bys and David Gergen, Republicans should let somebody who campaigned and voted for Obama, tell us how to build our party.
Rush Limbaugh

We can take this country back. All we need is to nominate the right candidate. It's no more complicated than that.
Rush Limbaugh

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.
Everett Dirksen

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.
Walter Cronkite

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.
Richard M. Nixon

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
Dick Gregory

No presidential candidate should visit Las Vegas without condemning organized gambling.
Ralph Nader

In order to be a top-tier candidate, I need 7.5 million dollars, and I currently have 0.0 million dollars.
Stephen Colbert

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march.
Al Sharpton

Candidate Translations

candidate in Afrikaans is applikant, kandidaat
candidate in Dutch is kandidaat, sollicitant, aspirant
candidate in French is candidat, aspirant
candidate in Portuguese is candidato
candidate in Spanish is aspirante
candidate in Swedish is aspirant, kandidat

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