And, indeed, she ran as a quasi-incumbent, an establishment candidate in a change- year election.

Instead, John Kerry, the establishment candidate, is the current leader in Democratic presidential campaign.

It should not be forgotten that the first state in the deep south on the primary calendar has a habit of picking the establishment candidate.

The Club is known for targeting "establishment" Republican candidates.

Mr. Miller is an odd combination of establishment candidate and underdog.

I'm afraid it's just more of an establishment candidate suddenly realizing what the will of the people is.

On the national stage, Bush was portrayed in the media as the establishment candidate.

The result of all these machinations is that an establishment candidate like Clinton can rely on a kind of built-in fire wall.

It described Mr. Dole as an establishment candidate with no ideas.

Democratic voters soon went home to Walter Mondale, the establishment candidate.