Presidential nominee
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In United States politics and government, the term presidential nominee has two distinct meanings.
The first is the person chosen by the primary voters and caucus-goers of a political party to be the party's nominee for President of the United States. The main nominees for the presidential election 2008 were Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.[1]
The second meaning is someone nominated by the sitting U.S. President for appointment to any of numerous governmental positions, under the President's executive authority, subject to the approval of Congress.
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- ^ Republican Presidential debate in South Carolina: Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Gingrich won't be there NY Daily News, May 5th 2011
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