1. Cruz becomes the first major candidate to declare his candidacy for 2016.

2. President Juan Manuel Santos has staked his candidacy on the success of peace negotiations, the first between the government and the FARC since 2002.

3. His candidacy would set up a political clash between Los Angeles and San Francisco, where fellow Democrat Harris was district attorney from 2004 to 2010.

4. He also promised a news conference addressing his candidacy sometime in the next six weeks.

5. My candidacy would be something everyone would be talking about and would observe.

6. And one of the changes that was obvious about my candidacy was the fact that I was not a professional politician.

7. He sought to strike a more diplomatic tone in his announcement speech, calling his candidacy one of reconciliation.

8. A Biden presidential candidacy was in play at the time, and the rally almost had the appearance of an early endorsement.

9. They had protested her candidacy, arguing that the daughter of a dictator would never represent real women.

10. And they insist that Clinton will return to making a more affirmative case for her candidacy as election day grows closer.

11. Unfortunately, his horror show of a candidacy will go on.