run for office

idiom

: to campaign to be elected to an office

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Since then, she’s received hundreds of messages from young women expressing their own desire to run for office. Jordan Greene, People.com, 2 May 2025 Emerge, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary with the gala, is an organization that helps recruit and train Democratic women to run for office. Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2025 The what happened: How old is too old to run for office? Phil Willon, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Her Wednesday keynote speech will come at Emerge, an organization that recruits, trains and provides a community to Democratic women who want to run for office. Cnn.com, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025 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 19 May. 2025.

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