How to Use run for office in a Sentence

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• Millions of those people are voting; some are running for office.
  — Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 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
• Why are socialists and communists allowed to run for office in the United States?
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
• Disciples of this extremist hatred are running for office and winning in select primaries.
  — Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026
• Although Edmondson pledged not to run for re-election at the end of that term, she was officially allowed to run for office in the June 2 primary election.
  — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
• By establishing child care as a valid use of campaign funds, Grechen Shirley said, the question is no longer who can afford to run for office, but who really wants to serve their community.
  — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 1 July 2026
• Naturalization confers the right to vote, run for office, and access broader economic opportunities.
  — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Ranson, now a state representative and state director for Women In Government, didn’t run for office until her children were older.
  — Maya Henry, Oklahoma Watch, 7 July 2026
• The story includes messages referring to the incident sent by Racicot two years later, before Platner contemplated running for office.
  — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
• Constantino is running for office in New York’s 21st Congressional District.
  — Will Lennon, ABC News, 2 July 2026
• Le Pen was sentenced in March 2025 to four years in prison, with two suspended, and a five-year ban on running for office, over her National Rally party’s alleged embezzlement of European Union funds.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 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
• The appeals court also effectively reduced the amount of time she is barred from running for office to just 15 months – technically a 45-month ban with 30 months suspended – and gave her a €100,000 ($114,000) fine.
  — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 7 July 2026