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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a presidential/Senate/mayoral race
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He put $12 million of his own money into a Senate race.
a Senate seat
government/Senate approval
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It takes an average of twelve years for a successful drug to go from initial research to final government approval.
the presidential/Senate etc nomination (= a nomination for a particular job or position )
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He was unsuccessful in his campaign for the presidential nomination in 2008.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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state
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Brodsky insisted that the state senate could vote on the measure in special session if it wished.
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The Florida Legislature: Both the state senate and house of representatives have Republican majorities.
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A few days later, Rabbi Loewy returned to Baton Rouge to testify before the state senate .
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Three years as a legislative liaison, six years in the state senate , four tedious years as lieutenant governor.
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My old friend Roberta Fox won his seat in the state senate .
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John Wade spent six years in the state senate .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brodsky insisted that the state senate could vote on the measure in special session if it wished.
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Each delegate prepares a bill or a resolution for the mock senate to vote on.
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My old friend Roberta Fox won his seat in the state senate .
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The senate is the opposition's counterweight to the new president.
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The first would be to create an appointed senate , which would allow Khmer Rouge leaders to be given an official role.
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The Florida Legislature: Both the state senate and house of representatives have Republican majorities.
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Three years as a legislative liaison, six years in the state senate , four tedious years as lieutenant governor.
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Uslar stood for the senate in 1959 on the leftwing Democratic Republican Union ticket.