running mate

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All online, a party platform will be drafted, and the field of candidates will be narrowed down to six.Each of those six will choose a running mate ― from a different party.
一切都是通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)進(jìn)行的：網(wǎng)上起草政黨綱領(lǐng)，將候選人的范圍壓縮在六個以內(nèi)，然后六個候選人各自挑選一個來自不同政黨的人作為競選伙伴。
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There is not much he can do about his thin résumé or his lack of foreign-policy and security expertise, though he can mitigate the latter somewhat with an astute choice of running mate.
對于他單薄的簡歷或者缺乏對外政策以及安全專業(yè)知識的缺陷，他能做的已經(jīng)不多了，盡管對于后者來說，他能夠通過選擇一位競選伙伴來彌補(bǔ)這一缺陷。
Then, on Thursday afternoon, after he picked Senator Tom Eagleton of Missouri to be his running mate, McGovern allowed other names to be put in nomination against him during the voting that night.
接著，在星期四的下午，他挑選了密蘇里州的參議員湯姆.伊格爾頓作為他的競選伙伴之后，而在當(dāng)天晚上的投票中，他又默認(rèn)了另外幾個提名人被拿出來比較。

She became well-known after Republican presidential candidate John McCain chose her as his vice presidential running mate.
Delegates considered several other candidates before they chose him as Roosevelt's running mate.
Sarah Palin emerged from national obscurity in 2008 to become Republican presidential candidate John McCain's vice presidential running mate.

While introducing McCain, Palin sharpened her attacks on Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden.
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in the US, a political partner chosen for a politician who is trying to get elected

In an election campaign, a candidate's running mate is the person that they have chosen to help them in the election. If the candidate wins, the running mate will become the second most important person after the winner.