Republican candidate
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- noun
- /rɪˈpʌblɪkən ˈkændɪdət/
- US
:
candidato republicano
- Throughout the fall, Bush campaigned ardently for Republican candidates.
- vote for Republican candidates
Well, my second question is, would you think of any of the, of the circus with the, with the Republican candidates?
- Well, my second question is, would you think of any of the, of the circus with the, with the Republican candidates?
Examples
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In 1880, Rufus Barringer, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, addressed townships on the campaign trail.
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Bob Vander Plaats, a former Republican candidate for governor, organized an anti-retention effort called Iowa for Freedom.
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With exciting music playing in the background, they first showed the four Republican candidates.
Blog text (7) -
These things made it effectively impossible for a Republican candidate to win.
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Scott has held town hall meetings in the state for each Republican candidate.
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Since then, the South has tended to primarily cast its votes for Republican candidates for the presidency and Congress.
Academic text (2013) -
The ads attacked Republican candidates' ties to big oil and pharmaceutical companies.
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Conservatives attacked Republican candidates on the grounds that if elected, they would defend the townships.
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During the last presidential primary season, most Republican candidates, to their party's cost, were no-shows at Hispanic forums.
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Yesterday, The Chronicle examined the record of the Republican candidate for senator, Michael Huffington.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a candidate who is representing the Republican Party' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Republican' (affiliation with the Republican Party) and 'candidate' (a person seeking election). This is a compositional, literal noun phrase that follows common patterns across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
Republican candidate comes from the word Republican, which points to the idea of a 'republic', a government where people choose leaders, and candidate, a person who asks to be elected. So a Republican candidate is someone running for office for the Republican Party and asking people to 'vote' for them.