Party leaders find themselves in the uncomfortable position of backing candidates who do not want their party's President to travel to their states or districts.

The Democratic organization backed candidates to run against the father-and-son legislators.

Last month most Canadian voters backed candidates who opposed the free-trade agreement.

Her opponents in the primary backed other presidential candidates or sat the campaign out.

I didn't mind backing candidates who were almost certain to lose when we were fighting for civil rights or against the war.

He became known for backing Christian conservative candidates to the state's influential school board.

Politics has become a big business, and people realize that by backing candidates with their money they can stop legislation.

But the parties are jointly backing candidates in some provincial races.

For several years, each has backed candidates against the other.

Each of these races had a larger connotation because prominent party figures backed different candidates.