Candidate
Candidate noun - One who seeks an office, honor, position, or award.
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Republican and candidate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Republican" instead a noun "Candidate".
Republican
Republican noun - An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a monarchy).
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Synonyms for Republican
Candidate and Republican are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Candidate" instead a noun "Republican".
Nearby Words: republic, republicanism
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Strawman Political: While just about every scumbag politician is a Republican (Dakota Bob being more of a Necessary Evil), the Democrats end up endorsing Rayner as their candidate.
Source: Comic Book / The Boys - Even more impressive, the major party candidate he beat was Republican William Howard Taft, the incumbent President.
Source: Made Of Iron / Real Life - Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, arch-conservative Republican politician, activist, pundit, and Presidential candidate, spends much of his free time reading spy novels and reviewing them on Amazon.
Source: One Of Us / Political Geeks
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