[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR9002.2]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9002_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  9002.2  Candidate.

    (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, candidate means with 
respect to any presidential election, an individual who--
    (1) Has been nominated by a major party for election to the office 
of President of the United States or the office of Vice President of the 
United States; or
    (2) Has qualified or consented to have his or her name appear on the 
general election ballot (or to have the names of electors pledged to him 
or her on such ballot) as the candidate of a political party for 
election to either such office

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in 10 or more States. For the purposes of this section, political party 
shall be defined in accordance with 11 CFR 9002.15.
    (b) An individual who is no longer actively conducting campaigns in 
more than one State pursuant to 11 CFR 9004.8 shall cease to be a 
candidate for the purpose of this subchapter.