run for office

idiom

: to campaign to be elected to an office

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The reform has been shown to improve voter choices, limit negative campaigning (candidates don’t want to alienate voters who might rank them second or third); and to encourage more women and candidates of color to run for office. —

Tony Haas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024 The profession of politics and not just people that work in campaigns, but people who run for office, people who work for NGOs, volunteers, etc., it’s all gotten such a bad reputation because everybody hates politics. —

Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024 Andrew Horning profile:The Libertarian facing Jim Banks has run for office for 30 years. —

Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024 The group and a sister nonprofit, Our American Future Action, help pay expenses for individuals—overwhelmingly Democrats—who plan to run for office in the future. —

Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run for office

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