candidate
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 424 U.S. 1 - Buckley v. Valeo · 1976Most cited · 10,511 citing opinions
with respect to any presidential election, an individual who
How the Supreme Court has restated “candidate”
Each Supreme Court definition of “candidate,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “candidate”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “candidate” — 11,325 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 4 definitions, chronological · 1976–1991
with respect to any preceding presidential election, an individual who received popular votes for the office of President in such election.
an individual who seeks nomination for election to be President of the United States.
someone who is seeking an office.