Because such donations often become a campaign issue, the Democrats argued, voters can reject candidates they believe are beholden to special interest money.

Solid or safety schools seldom reject candidates with similar academic credentials.

He said he would not automatically reject judicial candidates because they did not share his views on specific issues.

It is a remarkable political shift for a centrist country that has long rejected candidates of the far right or left.

I have rejected candidates because when they talked about their previous project, they couldn't explain it in terms that a normal person could understand.

They also report that 70 percent of U.S. recruiters have rejected candidates based on internet information.

They charge that Democrats are using the votes to scare senior citizens into rejecting Republican candidates.

He says that rejecting candidates who do not elevate the university's quality sends a message about standards to the outside world.

One after another the two experts rejected candidates: "Not for a national magazine."

In other situations too, voters have rejected candidates who were defeated by questionable means in previous elections.