Democrats in the entertainment business have assisted favored candidates with both contributions and personal appearances.

They decided to wait until after the 1962 mid-term elections to choose a favored candidate.

And the association does not just leave matters to its favored candidates.

In Buyun township the local party's favored candidate won by a hair, anyway.

Most gave what they could to help a favored candidate or party spread a message they agreed with.

He was the favored candidate of the opposition to become president.

The same forces made him the favored candidate when a seat on the appellate court opened up less than two years later.

In the 1996 contest, President Clinton appears to be the favored candidate.

He earned the title of most favored candidate whom no one planned to vote for.

But endorsements are nevertheless important because the officials often follow up by putting their own political organizations to work for the favored candidates.