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write-in candidate
- A candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot (usually because he or she has not secured the nomination of a political party) but whose name must be written on the ballot by voters.
Example Sentences
For both, their narrowest margin came in New Hampshire, which Biden won by more than 40 percentage points as a write-in candidate and Trump’s margin over Haley, his former U.N. ambassador, exceeded 10 points.
Kramer says he disagrees that his robocall suppressed turnout, noting that Biden won the Democratic primary by a wide margin as a write-in candidate.
He also won as a write-in candidate in New Hampshire, after he refused to campaign or appear on the ballot.
He said Rust can still run in the general election as an independent or write-in candidate if blocked from the Republican ballot.
Biden won the Democratic primary as a write-in candidate after he kept his name off the ballot in deference to South Carolina’s new lead-off position for the Democratic primaries.
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