run for office

phrase

: to campaign to be elected to an office

Examples of run for office in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Millions of those people are voting; some are running for office. — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Why are socialists and communists allowed to run for office in the United States? — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

The Paris Court of Appeals on Tuesday shortened the ban on running for office to 45 months, with 30 of those suspended and the remaining 15 months backdated to her March 2025 sentence. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2026

And somebody in the group asked him—what was the secret of success running for office, a federal office, in a purple area? — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Rhymes for run for office

• interoffice