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The businessman who has never run for office before portrayed Kansas as a state that has stagnated under the leadership of ineffectual Republicans and radical Democrats.
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Elections have become so toxic and tribal that few sane people in the middle are willing to run for office, even for city councils and school boards that were once somewhat insulated from the crazy.
—Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Under the board’s interpretation, the law also would treat candidates for the Illinois House and Senate unequally because House members need to run for office every two years and Senate candidates have one, 2-year term and two, 4-year terms each decade, Kasper said.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
In Morales’ telling, Bolivia’s term limits curtailed his fundamental right to run for office and his supporters’ right to select their preferred candidate.
—Mollie J. Cohen, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
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Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Elections have become so toxic and tribal that few sane people in the middle are willing to run for office, even for city councils and school boards that were once somewhat insulated from the crazy.
—Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Under the board’s interpretation, the law also would treat candidates for the Illinois House and Senate unequally because House members need to run for office every two years and Senate candidates have one, 2-year term and two, 4-year terms each decade, Kasper said.
—Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
In Morales’ telling, Bolivia’s term limits curtailed his fundamental right to run for office and his supporters’ right to select their preferred candidate.
—Mollie J. Cohen, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Run for office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20for%20office. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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