“I ran for ninth grade class president. Came in a close second.” PresidentClassRanGradesNinth GradeClass President Author:Kristin Lehman
“Can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney? The fact is, you ran in '94 and lost. That's why you weren't serving in the Senate with Rick Santorum. The fact is, you had a very bad re-election rating, you dropped out of office, you had been out of state for something like 200 days preparing to run for president. You didn't have this interlude of citizenship while you thought about what you do. You were running for president while you were governor.” LittlesStatesFactsRunningLostBitsPresidentRepublicanOfficeLittle BitElectionRanServingSenateGovernorsCitizenshipPreparingRatingPiousBaloney Author:Newt Gingrich
“I did learn from many mistakes. First and foremost, I learned that it is important to create a wide base of support within the LDP. In forming the cabinet this time, I included almost all the members of the LDP whom I ran against during the party election for president. Also, as a result of the lessons I learned, this time my policy priorities have become very clear. This would include first and foremost restoring a robust economy. I believe this has resulted in the strong support that I am getting from the people.” PeopleFirstsBelieveImportantStrongI BelievePresidentResultsPartyMistakeSupportEconomyClearPolicyLessonsMembersElectionWidePrioritiesRanCabinetsRobustRestoring Author:Shinzo Abe
“I'm concerned about the negative aspect of political campaigning in american nation, which is a new phenomenon. When I ran for president against Gerald Ford and later against Ronald Reagan we never referred to each other except as 'my distinguished opponent'. And had we criticised personally our opponent it would have been political suicide, we would have been castigated and condemned for it.” Has BeensPoliticalNationsPresidentConcernedNegativeAspectSuicideRanOpponentsPhenomenonDistinguishedCampaigningPolitical CampaignGerald Ford Author:Jimmy Carter
“It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put "Elected" out, it was definitely a satire... "Alice Cooper for President"... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.” PeopleThinkingWritingPersonsRunningPoliticalPresidentLevelsKnownJokesVoteRanSatire Author:Alice Cooper
“Hillary Clinton is not the first woman to run for president. That title belongs to Victoria Woodhull, who ran for president in 1872. Her running mate was a young, scrappy John McCain.” FirstsRunningYoungPresidentClintonTitlesRanMatesMccainVictoria Author:Conan O'Brien
“I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.” FirstsTwoRunningPoliticalStrongPresidentEconomyFinancialRanSupporterPresident Bush Author:Kenneth Lay
“I am a political recidivist. An incorrigible, repeat voter. A career lever-pusher. My electoral rap sheet is as long as your arm. Over the course of three decades, I have voted for presidents and school board members. I have voted in high hopes and high dudgeon. I have voted in favor of candidates and merely against their opponents. I have voted for propositions written with such complexity that I needed Noam Chomsky to deconstruct their meaning. I have been a single-issue voter and a marginal voter. I have even voted for people who ran unopposed. Hold an election and I'll be there.” PeopleLongHas BeensSchoolPoliticalThreeCoursesPresidentCareersIssuesWrittenArmsNeededMembersElectionRapDecadesFavorsRanBoardsOpponentsComplexityRepeatsCandidatesVotersSheetsPropositionsLeversIncorrigibleSchool BoardBoard Members Author:Ellen Goodman
“As I ran for president, I hoped that one child would come out of the ghetto like I did, could look at me walk across the stage with governors and senators and know they didn't have to be a drug dealer, they didn't have to be a hoodlum, they didn't have to be a gangster. They could stand up from a broken home, on welfare, and they could run for president of the United States.” KnowsLooksChildrenStatesHomeRunningPresidentWalksUnitedUnited StatesStageBrokenDrugRanWelfareGovernorsSenatorsLook At MeGhettoDealerGangstersDrug DealersBroken Homes Author:Al Sharpton
“Donald Trump's not backing down. Yesterday he said he doesn't need to be lectured by the other Republican candidates, who he says have no business running for president. Not to be confused with Donald Trump, who ran for president and now has no business.” NeedsSaidRunningPresidentTrumpRepublicanYesterdayRanConfusedCandidatesBacking Down Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I ran for president because I wanted to help Lithuania and its people during a difficult time. My country was on the very edge of an economic crisis, and people were disappointed by the economic situation and the political elite. We all needed change and motivation to consolidate our efforts in order to overcome the difficulties.” PeopleCountryHelpingWantedPoliticalMotivationOrderDifficultPresidentEffortSituationEconomicNeededOvercomingDifficultyCrisisEdgesRanDisappointedElitesDifficult TimesEconomic CrisisLithuaniaNeeded Change Author:Dalia Grybauskaite