run for office

idiom

: to campaign to be elected to an office

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Only three sitting members opted to run for office. Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025 Sanders said his movement is training thousands of people to run for office, many of them as independents. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 More than 46,000 young people have signed up to run for office through Run for Something since November. Charlotte Alter, Time, 19 May 2025 The former vice president, who failed in her race against Trump last year, was speaking in San Francisco at a gala event for the organization Emerge America, which helps women run for office. Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 1 May 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 7 Jun. 2025.

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