Prior to the revolution, power was concentrated in the hands of the President of the Republic and the National Democratic Party which retained a super-majority in the People's Assembly.

Prior to his mother's death, Daley had won the Democratic nomination for Cook County sheriff.

Prior to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, Stevenson announced that he was not seeking the Democratic nomination for president, but would accept a draft.

Prior to the U. S. 2006 midterm elections, Pelosi announced a plan for action: If elected, she and the newly empowered Democratic caucus would push through most of its program during the first hundred hours of the 110th Congress ' term.

Prior to the 2006 midterm election Domenici called and pressured then-United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico David Iglesias to speed up indictments in a federal corruption investigation that involved at least one former Democratic state senator.

Prior to the adoption of the Democratic Party label, it was known variously as the Progressive Party, Progressive Reform Party, Progressive Federal Party.

Prior to the primaries, Kerry collected endorsements from a variety of notable Democratic figures, including:

Prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics, media in several countries — including Australia, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom — suggested that Stany Kempompo Ngangola, a swimmer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, would be the Olympics ' next " Eric the Eel ".

Prior to 1956, the region had almost always provided the only victories for Democratic challengers to popular Republican incumbent presidents.

Prior to the Lesotho general election, 2012 the party split again with incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili forming the Democratic Congress and General Secretary Mothetjoa Metsing taking over the party leadership.

Prior to that, he served as Delaware's Secretary of Finance ; he also unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Delaware in 2008.

Prior to his election as Speaker served in other positions in the Democratic Caucus such as chairman of the Rules Committee, Majority Floor Leader, and chairman of the Rural West Tennessee Democratic Caucus.

Prior to the coup d ' état of August 2005, Mauritania was a one party dominant state with the Democratic and Social Republican Party in power.

Prior to the revolution, Gamal was deputy secretary-general of the then-ruling and now-dissolved National Democratic Party, and head of its influential policies committee.

Prior to a national party policy conference in December of 1974, the Loyalist and Regular Democratic Party factions united when the subject and Aaron Henry were elected as co-chairmen of the Mississippi delegation to the Kansas City conference.

Prior to the primaries the Chair of the Democratic National Party, Don Fowler, ruled that LaRouche " is not to be considered a qualified candidate for nomination of the Democratic Party for President " on account of LaRouche's " expressed political beliefs, including beliefs which are explicidy racist and anti-Semitic, and otherwise utterly contrary to the fundamental beliefs ... of the Democratic Party and ... on his past activities including exploitation of and defrauding contributors and voters.

Prior to that, Lisa ran Al Gore ’ s media operations at the 1992 Democratic National Convention and was the Press Secretary to US Senator Tim Wirth and to US Representative Bob Traxler.

Prior to representing the 2nd District, Burke served as Vice-Chairperson of the 1972 Democratic National Convention ( she was the first African-American to hold that position ), represented the 4th District ( 1979 – 80 ), was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives initially representing portions of Los Angeles ( 1973 – 79 ), and was a member of the California State Assembly representing Los Angeles ' 63rd District ( 1966 – 1972 ).

Prior to the 1984 Democratic National Convention, he was appointed by party chairman Paul G. Kirk to chair the " Fairness Commission ," one of many Democratic commissions created to reform the presidential nomination process.

Prior to that, party bosses often used the Vice Presidential nomination as a consolation prize for the party's minority faction.

Prior to statehood in 1907, the office was preceded by a Presidential appointed Governor of Oklahoma Territory with similar powers.

Prior to statehood in 1861, the office was preceded by a Presidential appointed Governor of Kansas Territory with similar powers.

Prior to 2004, the Presidential Museum was a distinct entity from the Malacañang Library.

Prior to Katrina, the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library maintained a collection of 12, 000 books on United States history, southern history, and history of the American Civil War.

Prior to being elected as the President, then-candidate Ronald Reagan foreshadowed the strategy during the 1980 US Presidential debates, saying " John Anderson tells us that first we've got to reduce spending before we can reduce taxes.

Prior to joining the Clinton Administration she worked in Clinton's campaign as a member of the search committee for the Vice Presidential nominee and on the transition team.

Gardner referred to himself as " Chevalier Labhran de Saint Germain ", and " Presidential Attache to the self-styled European Council of Princes " also " Prior of the self-styled Celtic Churches Sacred Kindred of Saint Columbia ".< ref >

Prior to this, the League of Women Voters moderated the 1976, 1980, 1984 debates before it withdrew from the position as debate moderator with this statement after the 1988 Presidential debates: " the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter.

Prior to joining Fox's Presidential campaign team in 1997, Derbez had a distinguished professional and academic career working for the World Bank Group, the Inter-American Development Bank, Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Prior to the 2008 United States Presidential Election, on September 16, 2008, Obama legal counsel announced that they would be seeking an injunction to stop an alleged caging scheme in Michigan wherein the state Republican party would use home foreclosure lists to challenge voters still using their foreclosed home as a primary address at the polls.

Prior to Roosevelt's Presidency, the final disposition of Presidential papers was left to chance.

Prior to the 2000 Presidential Election, Newman was cast as the voice of Garry Trudeau's comic strip character Uncle Duke.

Prior to becoming OMB Deputy Director, he was the Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel.

Prior to the 2008 Republican National Convention, Senator John McCain ( the Republican Presidential nominee to-be ) asked Scully to write the acceptance speech for his Vice Presidential nominee, whom McCain had not yet chosen.

His favoured candidate, William Whitelaw, lost to Thatcher in the second vote one week later ( Thatcher 146, Whitelaw 79, Howe 19, Prior 19, Peyton 11 ).

Prior to the 2000 general elections, the PRI held its first primaries to elect the party's presidential candidate.

Prior to the 2009 constitutional reforms, if no candidate received half the popular vote, the president was chosen by a vote in a joint legislative session from among the top two candidates ( prior to 1995, the top three candidates were eligible ).

Prior to the appearance of the article by Nellen, the sole serious candidate had been the German Lutheran theologian Peter Meiderlin ( also known as Rupertus Meldenius ), who, in his Paraenesis votiva pro pace ecclesiae ad theologos Augustanae of 1626 had said, " Verbo dicam: Si nos servaremus in necesariis Unitatem, in non-necessariis Libertatem, in utrisque Charitatem, optimo certe loco essent res nostrae.

Prior to promotion to lieutenant, a commissioned officer candidate in the Royal Navy had to pass a formal examination.

Prior to Long's death, leading contenders for the role of the sacrificial 1936 candidate included Senators Burton K. Wheeler ( D-Montana ) and William E. Borah ( R-Idaho ), and Governor Floyd B. Olson ( FL-Minnesota ).

Prior to Serzh Sargsyan's election as president of Armenia and for a short time thereafter, the ARF was a member of the governing coalition, even though it nominated its own candidate in the presidential elections.

Prior to her selection as an astronaut candidate she served as a physician in the Flight Medicine Clinic at the Johnson Space Center.

Prior to his selection as an astronaut candidate he was serving as the Assistant Operations Officer of Marine Aircraft Group 12 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Prior to joining the National Party McQueen joined the Christian Heritage Party in 1992, and stood as a Christian Heritage candidate on five occasions.

Prior to the election, Abatte Ebo Adou, a FRUD parliamentary deputy, announced that he would stand as a presidential candidate and was expelled from FRUD as a result.

Prior to the 2007 parliamentary election, the party enlisted Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, a candidate who identifies herself as a Muslim and a socialist.

Prior to the 1969 general election in September of that year, Porritt sparked a heated debate with a Labour candidate Eddie Isbey when he argued in a speech to the Southern Cross Medical Care Society that the welfare state was " uneconomic ".

Prior to forming the Personal Choice Party, Larsen was known as a political activist and frequent candidate for numerous political offices in Utah under the ballot lines of several minor parties including the Libertarian Party and the Independent American Party.

Prior to the 2005 Federal Election, Wulff had been mentioned as a potential candidate for the German chancellorship.

Prior to removing her name from consideration, she was considered a possible candidate to be appointed to the United States Senate by Governor David Paterson after New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was nominated to be a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet.

Prior to the 2004 general election a candidate received his or her deposit back if he or she was elected or receives at least one half the votes of the elected candidate.

Prior to this election, Creech had stood aside from contesting the Wairarapa Electorate as the National Party candidate and became a List MP.

Prior to the December 1998 presidential election, Kombila was expelled from the party in July 1998, leading Kombila's supporters to form their own faction and nominate Kombila as their presidential candidate later in the month.

Prior to the 2003 provincial election, Craitor defeated former party candidate Selena Volpatti for the Liberal nomination in Niagara Falls.

Prior to the class of 2010, a diploma candidate could receive a failing grade in either the extended essay or theory of knowledge and still be awarded a diploma.

Prior to that he was seen as a major candidate among the Hamas members elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council for prime minister, as he was at that time the most senior official within the organization.