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• The poll found that 61% of the public think Trump should not run for office again.
  — Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
• The final day for people to file to run for office is Jan. 5.
  — The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
• The final day for people to file to run for office is Jan. 5.
  — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The final day for people to file to run for office is Jan. 5.
  — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
• The youngest age to run for office in Kansas City or anywhere in Missouri is 25.
  — Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
• Honduras banned the sale of the morning-after pill in 2009; Castro promised during her run for office to end the ban.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2023
• But his dream has long been to run for office as a Republican.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
• Back then, women only recently earned the right to vote and run for office.
  — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
• JPMorgan Chase said last month that Dimon has no plans to run for office.
  — Trey Williams, Fortune, 11 July 2023
• And that has been how this town has worked, at least until Braxton qualified to run for office.
  — Kyle Whitmire | [e-mail], al, 20 July 2023
• Most of us won’t run for office, but Vance’s old posts are a reminder that none of us is safe from our own digital footprints.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
• Burkman, who has never run for office, is the first woman in Westfield to run for mayor.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
• In 2018, just eight years after her first run for office, Hobbs was elected secretary of state.
  — Marisa Agha, The New Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
• There are many who run for office who make promises with no intention of keeping them.
  — Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
• This is not the first time Bell has run for office, after bids for Congress in Virginia in 2022 on a platform packed with far-right talking points.
  — Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 15 May 2024
• Working-class jobs can be less stable, and taking off time to campaign could mean the candidate has no job to come back to if the run for office fails.
  — Amanda Shendruk, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2022
• The two women grew close, and Watts often encouraged McBath to run for office.
  — Hope Corrigan, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• The oldest person to run for office—once again—is widely expected to win Democrats’ backing.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 21 Apr. 2023
• Stand up for democracy: Volunteer for a campaign, run for office yourself, and get your friends to run.
  — Elizabeth Warren, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024
• Our reporter goes to one of Mexico's most violent towns to talk to candidates who are brave enough to run for office.
  — Greg Dixon, NPR, 7 May 2024
• Trump is the first former U.S. president to be found guilty of felonies, and the first major party candidate to run for office after being found guilty of a crime.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 31 May 2024
• North was embraced by many on the right, and the retired Marine lieutenant colonel went on to run for office, write several books and serve as a commentator on Fox News.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• Some reports suggested that Cuomo might use the money to run for office again, once the controversy died down.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2023
• But that doesn’t mean there is no connection between what the Biden Administration has been doing and the way Democrats in purple states run for office.
  — Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
• The expulsion doesn't affect Harris' ability to run for office again next year.
  — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
• The expulsion doesn't affect Harris' ability to run for office again next year.
  — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2023
• Of the rest, the most common explanations for the lack of female candidates were: sexism, that women were too smart to run for office and that not enough women were trying to run.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
• Jones first attempted to run for office in 2019 but did not gather enough signatures required to make it on the ballot, according to the Nashville Post.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Advice from the trail Trump and other candidates are likely frustrated by what feels like a double standard afflicting them for choosing to run for office.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024
• Sala Burton had another Nancy in mind: a political insider and longtime ally of the Burtons who had never run for office but was well known for both her political savvy and her ability to raise money.
  — Lincoln Mitchell, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024