run for office

phrase

: to campaign to be elected to an office

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Mike Maloney/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images After a long recovery, Huerta shifted focus and hit the road to campaign for women's rights and encourage Latinas to run for office. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 After a long recovery, Huerta shifted focus and hit the road to campaign for women’s rights and encourage Latinas to run for office. — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026 When the ethics package passed this summer, a few aldermen worried these restrictions could make running for office more complicated and discourage candidates who want to run for local office for the first time. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 In October 2023, Machado won an opposition primary and intended to challenge Maduro in the 2024 presidential election, but the government barred her from running for office. — Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026 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 30 Oct. 2026.

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