How to Use running mate in a Sentence

running mate

noun

• When John F. Kennedy ran for president, his running mate was Lyndon Johnson.
• Bichette will benefit from his new running mate on the left side.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2022
• With his running mate, guard Jamal Murray, the Nuggets have a lethal pick-and-roll tandem.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2023
• Then, of course, there’s a question of what Healey envisions for her running mate.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• Even then, her position was more extreme than that of her running mate at the top of the ticket, John McCain.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Nez and his running mate, Chad Abeyta, gathered in a separate area of the fairgrounds.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
• Harris is expected to be on stage then as Biden's running mate.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2024
• Her running mate, Hannah Golan, was even better with 21 points, 15 rebounds, five steals and two blocks.
  — Mitch Stephens, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2022
• The latter implored Trump to pick Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as his running mate for 2024.
  — Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
• For all the love for Corum, Edwards, his running mate, doesn't go unnoticed.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 8 Nov. 2022
• Abbott could also be in the mix as a running mate for the GOP nominee for president.
  — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• Marianne Williamson may have just found her 2024 running mate.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 25 July 2023
• Also, Schulz’ running mate, Jeff Woolford, is his brother-in-law.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2022
• Lake is a strong supporter of former President Donald Trump and is rumored to be in the mix for his running mate.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 3 May 2023
• Twice Nez was able to beat a Shirley team, first as a vice president running mate and then again running as president.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
• The event got some news attention in 2020, when Bass was considered a candidate to be Joe Biden’s running mate.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
• She was asked a very direct question about Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s running mate.
  — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Within days of the decision, Prabowo announced Widodo’s son as his running mate.
  — Winda Charmila, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• There has been talk that the former president is considering her as his running mate.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2023
• Two days later, at a campaign event in Bogotá, someone pointed a laser at Petro’s running mate, Francia Márquez.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
• Keisha Smith of Country Club Hills also filed, but did not file a lieutenant governor running mate, which is required.
  — Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• Pundits are already speculating that Trump could tap her as a running mate in 2024.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2022
• Aides patted the sobbing Mr. Ruto, as his wife, a Christian preacher, and his running mate knelt by his side, thankful that a bid to overturn his win from the Aug. 9 vote had been thwarted.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2022
• Whitmer was on the short list to be Biden's running mate in 2020 and served as a co-chair of both his presidential campaign and his inauguration.
  — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2022
• Some have floated her as a running mate for Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
  — CBS News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Monday was the deadline to announce running mate selections.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
• But his running mate, Rep. Laura Devlin of Fairfield, said 8-30g projects can be too dense or not in keeping with the character of the neighborhoods where they are proposed.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 26 Oct. 2022
• Nancy Dahlstrom, Dunleavy’s running mate, attended the event but did not make any onstage comments.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
• Abrams was also candid about her interest in being Biden's running mate in 2020.
  — Eva McKend, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
• His running mate, former state delegate Aruna Miller, is the first Asian American elected statewide.
  — Quartz, 9 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 6 May 2024