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James Knox Polk won the presidential election of 1844 because he was the "candidate of expansion".
The antislavery political party that ran John C. Fremont in the 1856 presidential election was the Republican Party. This was their first presidential candidate, as they had formed in opposition to the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Fremont's campaign platform focused on limiting the expansion of slavery and promoting free labor.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
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The presidential candidate who received the least votes in the South in the election of 1860 was John Bell.
Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate in the 1996 presidential election.
The US presidential election will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. The main faceoff is between Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
primary election
Al Gore was the Democratic candidate in 2000.
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That is an election held by a political party as part of the process of nominating a candidate to represent the party in the presidential election.