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[quem98.livejournal.com]

Arghh... I should totally know this...

How do you say to run for office in Russian?

As in, a political candidate running for office...

*edit*

Thanks :)

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[imorl.livejournal.com]

Баллотироваться.

[hellga.livejournal.com]

Since non-native speakers don't have intuitive feel for prepositions, I will expand on that.

Run for president/secretary/etc. - баллотироваться в президенты/секретари (note that the title of the office is plural in Russian)

[satis-verborum.livejournal.com]

to run for office - баллотироваться or выставлять свою кандидатуру
to run for office of Mayor/President - баллотироваться в мэры/президенты or выставлять свою кандидатуру на пост мэра/президента
to run for State Duma - баллотироваться в Государственную Думу or выставлять свою кандидатуру на выборах в Государственную Думу
NB:
If баллотироваться в is followed by a noun representing job title (e.g. Mayor or President), we use Nominative Plural of this noun (мэры/президенты).
If баллотироваться в is followed by a noun representing an institution (e.g. Duma), we use Accusative Singular of this noun (Думу).

[shambolor.livejournal.com]

the above comments are all right, but miss a metaphorical part of the expression "run for office". in russian you can also say "бороться за кресло", literally "fight for chair".

as in "бороться за кресло президента", "fight for a president's chair".

another option instead of "кресло" is "пост" (="position") - "бороться за пост президента", but it is more formal, and not as metaphorical as the first one.

[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

Can't you also say
баллотироваться на пост + Gen. ... ?

[nataxxa.livejournal.com]

Yes, as in баллотироваться на пост президента.

[whitest-owl.livejournal.com]

"баллотироваться" is VERY new word by the way. It was introduced into Russian language around ten years ago.
Much better would be "выдвигаться".