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unusual facts about The Candidate



Karen Carlson

Her film credits include Shame, Shame, Everybody Knows Her Name (1969), The Candidate (1972) with Robert Redford and The Octagon (1980) with Chuck Norris.

Kasper Barfoed

In 2008 he directed the thriller The Candidate starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, which played a number of major international festivals and was bought for a remake by Summit Entertainment.


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1780 in poetry

George Crabbe, The Candidate, published anonymously in July

Abram A. Hammond

In 1852 John C. Walker was nominated by the Democratic Convention to be the candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

Alberta Alliance Party

In an unorthodox political move, on October 11, 2006, Alliance leader Paul Hinman encouraged his party members to buy memberships in the rival Progressive Conservative Party and vote for candidate Ted Morton in the PC Party's upcoming leadership race, as Morton is considered the candidate that is ideologically most in sync with Alliance philosophies.

Ange Édouard Poungui

He was chosen as the candidate for the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS) for the 2009 presidential election.

Autonomist Trentino

In that occasion Andreotti was the candidate for President of the centre-right and he was soundly defeated (60.8% to 30.7%) by incumbent Lorenzo Dellai (DL).

Avondale, Chicago

Purportedly violence almost broke out as supporters of Lyndon LaRouche protesting outside the basilica were not looked at very kindly by local Poles, who had a reverence for the candidate they saw as the best hope against the loathed Communist regime in Poland.

Bacton and Old Newton Ward

The candidate information for the Bacton and Old Newton Ward in Mid-Suffolk, Suffolk, England.

Basic Military Officer Qualification

The first phase lasts from 3–5 weeks and will indoctrinate the candidate into the Canadian Forces teaching basic drill, handling of the C7 service rifle, a fitness evaluation, basic military first aid and general military knowledge.

Candidate division TM7

The candidate division TM7, is a major lineage of Bacteria, the existence of which is known solely through environmental 16S rRNA sequences as to date no species has been grown in the lab, a requirement for taxonomy, making it a candidate phylum.

Carlos P. Romulo

Feeling betrayed, Romulo left the Liberal Party and became national campaign manager of Magsaysay, the candidate of the opposing Nacionalista Party who won the election.

Certified Financial Manager

In addition, the candidate was required to complete two years of relevant work experience, hold a Bachelor’s degree, be a member of IMA, and abide by the Statement of Ethical Professional Practice.

Charles L. Sullivan

An attorney from Clarksdale, Mississippi, Sullivan ran in Texas for President of the United States in the 1960 presidential election as the candidate of the Constitution Party.

Checkers speech

When the Dick Nixon Special arrived in Bakersfield, California, that day, the candidate, still oblivious to the developing furor, made a speech promoting the Republican ticket, and backing local congressman Thomas H. Werdel.

Chilean presidential election, 1952

Alfonso was the candidate of the Radical Party, and was also supported by the social democratic parties.

Cypriot presidential election, 2013

The first candidate who confirmed the intention to be the candidate of his party was DISY's Nicos Anastasiades on 11 February 2012 at the Pancypriot Convention of the party.

Diane Colley-Urquhart

Colley-Urquhart was the candidate of the province of Alberta's ruling Progressive Conservative party in a by-election called in the riding of Calgary-Glenmore for September 14, 2009, to become that riding's Member of the provincial Legislative Assembly.

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle

In 2009-2010, Frei ran for the presidency of Chile for a second time, again as the candidate of the centre-left Concertación center-coalition, promising continuity of the popular outgoing President Michelle Bachelet's path.

Fourth national congress of the Communist Party of the Philippines

The party leadership had stated, although Yuzon was the candidate of the Democratic Alliance in Pampanga, that the party could not support his candidature as he had been a minor government employee during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines).

German Minority Electoral Committee

At the 2007 Parliamentary elections the candidate list to the Sejm (Polish parliament) got 8.81% of the votes in Opole Voivodeship, and only one seat in the Sejm, Ryszard Galla (8,193 votes).

Gonzalo García Núñez

Member of "Justice and Liberty" he was invited by Ollanta Humala, the candidate of the Peruvian Nationalist Party and he ran as Ollanta Humala's first Vice President during the 2006 national election on the coalition between Union for PeruPeruvian Nationalist Party.

Henry J. Seaman

Seaman was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1847).

Henry M. Youmans

In the general election of 1890, Youmans ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party and defeated incumbent Republican Aaron T. Bliss to be elected from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 52nd United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893.

Hope Uzodinma

The judge ordered the PDP to submit Izunaso's name to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the candidate who had received the most votes among those qualified to run.

HspE7

The candidate is being developed with a Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) agonist adjuvant for multiple indications, including cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (also known as cervical dysplasia or CIN), genital warts, cervical cancer, and head and neck cancers.

Ibtisam Mara'ana

In 2009, Ibtisam was nominated as a political candidate for the Meretz Party for the Israeli parliamentary elections, obtaining the 12th position on the candidate list.

Italian local elections, 2012

The main candidates were Enrico Musso, an independent politician supported by the main political forces of the New Pole for Italy (UDC, ApI and FLI), and Marco Doria, who was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on 13 February 2012 via the coalition's primary elections.

Ivan Scalfarotto

The primaries are held 16 October 2005 with seven candidates: Scalfarotto placed sixth, collecting 26,912 votes (0.6% of the vote), behind Romano Prodi, who received the investiture of the candidate for Prime Minister of the coalition, Fausto Bertinotti, Clemente Mastella, Antonio Di Pietro and Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio.

Leo of Vercelli

Born in Hildesheim, he was made an archdeacon by 998 and was appointed to the see of Vercelli as the candidate of the Emperor Otto III and Pope Sylvester II following the assassination of Bishop Peter.

Malawian general election, 2004

Justin Malewezi, Vice-President of Malawi under Bakili Muluzi, stood as the candidate of the People's Progressive Movement, having been passed over by the ruling party.

Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros

He was the candidate of Fuerza Social for the Presidency of Peru in the Peruvian general election of 2011. He quit on March, 18th of 2011.

Marcelo Crivella

But, in the last week, he was superseded by Denise Frossard, the candidate of the PPS, and Crivella declined to participate in the runoff election.

Michael Corrigan

During the 1886 mayoral campaign in New York City, the outspoken McGlynn supported Henry George, the candidate of the United Labor Party who proved popular with labor organizers, radicals, socialists, and Irish nationalists.

Mordecai Bartley

He ran for governor in 1844 as a Whig - his son was a Democrat - after the candidate whom the Whigs had originally nominated, David Spangler, declined the nomination.

New Orleans mayoral election, 1986

Terry Hardy, an oil refinery worker running as the candidate of the Socialist Workers Party.

New York's 1st congressional district special election, 1804

The election was held at the same time as the elections for the 9th Congress and were combined into a single election, with the candidate receiving the largest number of votes going to the 9th Congress and the candidate with the second largest number of votes going to the 8th Congress.

None of the above

In 1989 legislative election in Poland voters were able to vote against the only candidate running, often from the ruling Polish Communist Party by crossing out the candidate's name on the ballot.

Philippe Karsenty

He stood as a dissident right-wing candidate, against the candidate endorsed by Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement, in the Eighth constituency for French residents overseas (which includes French residents in Israel, as well as in Italy, Turkey, Greece and several other countries) for the 2012 legislative election.

Politics of Kenya

The Deputy President is the running mate of the candidate that wins the presidential election whilst other cabinet members will be appointed, with the approval from the National Assembly, from outside Parliament.

Rickinghall and Walsham Ward

The candidate information for the Rickinghall and Walsham Ward in Mid-Suffolk, Suffolk, England.

Roland Ratsiraka

Ratsiraka, as the TTS candidate, was victorious, regaining his position as Mayor and defeating Barnest Andriamiarantsoa, the candidate of the ruling Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM).

Roy O. Woodruff

In 1912, Woodruff defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Representative George A. Loud to be elected as the candidate of the Progressive Party from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 63rd Congress, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915.

Samuel S. Marshall

Marshall was elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1875), and was the candidate of his party for Speaker of the House in 1867.

Schwannomatosis

The candidate schwannomatosis gene, named SMARCB1, is a tumor suppressor gene that regulates cell cycle, growth and differentiation.

Shuckin' and jivin'

In 2008, New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo said of the Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama, who was running against Hillary Clinton, the candidate Cuomo supported, "You can't shuck and jive at a press conference." Cuomo received criticism from some for his use of the phrase.

Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol

In the 1972 general election Dietl was the candidate of the hard-liners, including the Party of Independents, in the single-seat constituency of Brixen and won 20.8% of the vote, the major defection from SVP since then.

Swiss Party of Labour

Holding two seats in the Swiss National Council (lower or first chamber of the Swiss parliament), going into the 2007 elections, the party stood candidates in the cantons of Zürich, Vaud, Geneva and the Ticino on their own, and in Neuchâtel the candidate was on a joint list with Solidarity.

The Candidate for Goddess

The original manga version of The Candidate for Goddess was written and illustrated by Yukiru Sugisaki.

Yap Pian Hon

He is the candidate for the Serdang Parliamentary Seat for the 13th Malaysia's General Election.