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Noun
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The two highest-polling candidates — Hilton and Steyer — are in the mid-teens, with most of the other candidates close behind.—
Anne Bryson,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026 -
Mfume has not joined in the negative attack game, but Conway, like other failing candidates, has decided his only political pathway is simply to run a nasty and divisive campaign.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Apr. 2026
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The poll did not compare other possible Democratic nominees (like Geoff Duncan, Michael Thurmond or Jason Esteves) against a Republican ticket.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Minogue’s endorsement came as a record number of delegates gathered at the DCU Center in Worcester on Saturday for the Massachusetts Republican Convention to select the party’s nominees for governor, lieutenant governor, and other offices.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Counting Warsh, the president would have three appointees on the seven-member board, including Governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman from his first term.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2026
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The same judges, who are mostly Trump appointees, refused to grant Anthropic a stay to prevent the ruling from taking effect.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Preselections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preselections. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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