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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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My kids and their friends are really desperate to get a ticket because that’s a generation that has never seen the Gallagher brothers on stage together.—
Billboard Italy,
Billboard,
13 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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