Paul Mellor appears to have been a first-time candidate for public office.

He now has no opposition - very unusual for a first-time candidate.

I'll wager you have never seen a first-time candidate who was not nervous.

The Jackson name has been both boost and burden for the first-time candidate.

He improved immeasurably throughout the campaign, as first-time candidates often do.

That may not be fair, but it is a hazard faced by most first-time presidential candidates.

Three Republicans decided to challenge her in the primary, but all of them were first-time candidates.

As a first-time candidate in 2002, Eder took nearly 65% of the vote.

It would be too hard to do as a first-time candidate.

Only 14 percent of other first-time female candidates won.