run for office

idiom

: to campaign to be elected to an office

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Just weeks prior to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, people took to social media to question Trump's legitimacy to run for office once more after being found guilty of 34 felony counts in the state of New York. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Nov. 2024 If convicted, Householder would not be allowed to run for office again. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024 But attitudes began changing by 2016 as Trump was in his first run for office, Prytherch said. Jessie Yeung, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024 Currently a state senator, Randall credits the 2016 election of Donald Trump with inspiring her to run for office. Cheyanne M. Daniels, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for run for office 

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“Run for office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20for%20office. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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