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Michele M Bachmann
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Withdrawal After Iowa Defeat in 2012 - Jan. 12, 2012
January 12, 2012
Michele Bachmann announces that she is dropping out of the Republican race after coming in last among the six candidates who competed in Iowa. Entrusted to every American is the responsibility to watch over our republic. You can look back from the time of the Pilgrims to the time of William Penn, to the time of our Founding Fathers. All we have to do is look around because very clearly we are encompassed about with a great cloud of witnesses that bear witness to the sacrifices that were made to […]
Carol Moseley Braun
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches
Withdrawal from 2004 Presidential Race - Jan. 15, 2004
January 15, 2004
On January 4, 2004, Moseley Braun withdrew from the 2004 presidential race and endorsed Howard Dean. (Applause) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. I'm very honored. Thank you so much. I want to thank you, Tom Harkin, for those wonderful words. And my old friend, I know we're going to be on the trail together. I want to thank everybody for your kindness to me and for allowing me to participate as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president […]
Margaret Chase Smith
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Announcement to Seek the 1964 Republican Nomination for President - Jan. 27, 1964
January 27, 1964
On January 27, 1964, Senator Margaret Chase Smith stood before the Women's National Press Club in Washington, D.C., and announced her candidacy for the President of the United States. Senator Smith competed in three primaries (New Hampshire, Illinois and Oregon) and became the first woman to be placed in nomination by a major political party. Senator Barry Goldwater won the Republican nomination, but Smith came in second to Goldwater by receiving 27 delegate votes at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California. Madam Chairman, distinguished guests, and friends: I'm […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
I'm Running for President- May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
CLIP FROM HILLARY CLINTON ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO: I'm getting ready to do something, too. I'm running for president. FIORINA: Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class. They believed that citizens and leaders needed to step forward. We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it. I’m Carly Fiorina, and I'm running for president. If you're tired of the sound bites, the vitriol, the pettiness, the egos, the corruption, if you believe it's time to declare the end of identity politics, […]
Carly Fiorina
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Senate Primary Victory Speech- June 8, 2010
June 8, 2010
My good friends. I have heard your message loud and clear. The people of California have had enough. In fact, I think they can hear you all the way to Washington D.C. From the moment I declared my candidacy, over seven thousand volunteers, over 20 coalitions, 12 thousand donors, and a tireless, hard-working staff have made this the greatest team effort I have ever had the privilege to be a part of. All of you worked together to make tonight a reality, and I owe you a debt of gratitude […]
Elizabeth Dole
categories: Campaign Speech, Concession Speech, Speeches
Concession speech - Nov. 3, 2008
November 3, 2008
Senator Elizabeth Dole concedes to Senator-elect Kay Hagan in the 2008 North Carolina U.S. Senate race. [cheering] Wow. It's hard to see you all, but I know there are lots of friends out there. [cheering] Wow, thank you so much. [cheering] My goodness. Let me just say first of all—I love each and every one of you. Thank you for being here tonight. All these great friends and family members and colleagues. Hard, hard workers—thank you. And the first thing I want to say tonight is to thank my husband, […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Kentucky Primary Victory Speech - May 20, 2008
May 20, 2008
Thank you all very, very much. I am so grateful for this victory, and I am so appreciative because tonight I'm thinking about why we're all here, and it's not just to win a primary or even just to win an election. What propels us is the struggle to realize America's promise, a nation where every child can achieve his or her God-given potential, where every man and woman has a fair chance, where we fulfill- where we fulfill the ideals our founders pledged their lives to defend, and our […]
Elizabeth Warren
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
My Announcement - Sept. 13, 2011
September 13, 2011
I'm going to do this. I'm going to run for the United States Senate. And the reason is straightforward: middle class families have been chipped at, hacked at, squeezed and hammered for a generation now, and I don't think Washington gets it. Washington is rigged for big corporations that hire armies of lobbyists. A big company, like GE, pays nothing in taxes, and we're asking college students to take on even more debt to get an education? We're telling seniors they may need to learn to live on less? It […]
Christine Gregoire
categories: Campaign Speech, Speeches, Victory Speech
Primary Victory Speech - Aug. 19, 2008
August 19, 2008
I want to give a big thanks to the Northwest African American Museum for letting us come here. This place is great. It's gonna to draw crowds from all over the world. Please give it up for this museum. Thank you. And please – a big shout-out for the great representative from this district, Eric Pettigrew. Thank you, Eric. Ladies and gentlemen, we're winning in all four corners of the great state of Washington. We have worked hard over the last three-and-a-half years to create one Washington. Today, we have […]
Shirley Chisholm
categories: Announcement Speech, Campaign Speech, Speeches
Declaring presidential bid - Jan. 25, 1972
January 25, 1972
I stand before you today, as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency of the United States of America. I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am Black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women's movement of this country, although I am a woman, and I'm equally proud of that. I am not the candidate of any political bosses or fat cats or special interests. I stand here now, without endorsements from many big-name politicians or celebrities or any other kind of […]