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- adjective Involving
multiple candidates
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Examples
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His victory in Egypt's first multicandidate pr esidential election, in 2005, was marred by what independent monitors called massive fraud.
A Man Needed Abroad, Reviled at Home Richard Boudreaux 2011
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Polls depict an unpredictable multicandidate race a little more than two weeks before Election Day.
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Our tea party group, RetakeOurGov, organized a multicandidate federal PAC prior to the midterm elections.
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For the candidates, the tight, multicandidate gubernatorial race means fierce competition for scarce donor dollars and a strain on a meager pot of earmarked public funding the Legislature tapped in previous years to help balance the state budget.
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The rise and fall in poll numbers reflects the normal fickleness of voters in the early stages of a multicandidate presidential campaign.
How TV Debates Have Changed the Race Fred Barnes 2011
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He made a public appearance in 2005 in nearby Shibin El-Kom to announce modifications to the constitution that would allow the first multicandidate presidential elections.
In Mubarak's Hometown, Residents See Him as Distant Tamer El-Ghobashy 2011
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The country held its first multicandidate presidential election in 2005, which Mr. Mubarak won handily.
An Abrupt End to a Powerful Reign Charles Levinson 2011
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The 2005 constitutional amendment that established multicandidate presidential elections in Egypt also came with rules designed to ensure that no independents could easily enter the race, helping to stifle challenges to Mr. Mubarak's rule.
Egypt's Opposition Gives ElBaradei a Hero's Welcome Ashraf Khalil 2010
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The same 2005 constitutional amendments that established multicandidate presidential elections also included measures to ensure no independent can easily enter the race.
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In Indiana, 14-term incumbent Congressman Dan Burton won his multicandidate primary, but he lost 70% of GOP voters.
Primary Mood Swings 2010
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