How to Use run for office in a Sentence
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This is going to change who wants to run for office.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
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Go run for office and work with Congress to change the laws.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
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This year was Guest's first time running for office.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
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This year was Guest’s first time running for office.
—Jeff Amy, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
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Escalona, on the other hand, has never run for office.
—Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
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Hundreds have run for office with less notice.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
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People do not run for office to maintain the status quo.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
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She’s accused of using the money on a run for office.
—Kadia Goba, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2026
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Then there's Whatley, who has never run for office.
—Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
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The poll found that 61% of the public think Trump should not run for office again.
—Courtney Subramanianstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
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But his dream has long been to run for office as a Republican.
—Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
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There are many who run for office who make promises with no intention of keeping them.
—Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
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Back then, women only recently earned the right to vote and run for office.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
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Roy disagrees that age has anything to do with whether a candidate is fit to run for office.
—Amanda Swinhart, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
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Millions of those people are voting; some are running for office.
—Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
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Dunn said his decision to run for office was inspired by his public service.
—Ariel Sheinberg, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2025
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Has Ed Gallrein run for office before?
—Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Mar. 2026
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Ritchson said that his disdain for Gaetz tempted him to run for office himself.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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And that has been how this town has worked, at least until Braxton qualified to run for office.
—Kyle Whitmire | [email protected], al, 20 July 2023
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Donovan works in real estate and has never run for office before.
—Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
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The sheriff made few policy arguments in his third run for office.
—Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2026
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Brown was accused of gathering fake signatures to run for office.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
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Morris, 45, is a business owner running for office for the first time.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2026
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Burkman, who has never run for office, is the first woman in Westfield to run for mayor.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2023
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Most of us won’t run for office, but Vance’s old posts are a reminder that none of us is safe from our own digital footprints.
—Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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The tragedy compelled him to retire after 40 years in law enforcement and run for office.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
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Last year, for the very first time, Mónica Martínez López decided to run for office.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2025
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But suspicions about her conduct had mounted even during Yoon’s run for office.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
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If convicted, Householder would not be allowed to run for office again.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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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
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