Gravel's initial notion of running as a fusion candidate with other parties was met with skepticism and not pursued.

These candidates were usually called "non-partisan", but sometimes were termed "fusion" candidates instead.

John V. Lindsay, a fusion candidate, went on to win re-election in a three-way race.

He was taken so seriously that the Republicans and Democrats united to run Brown as a fusion candidate against him.

In the general election, Giuliani ran as the fusion candidate of both the Republican and Liberal Parties.

The Libertarian Party withdrew their endorsement, as Minnesota law does not allow fusion candidates.

These would be official or unofficial "fusion" candidates who would run in the absence of a straight Liberal candidate.

He wants be a fusion candidate, reaching out to all.

That's why a fusion candidate is elected only once every 20, 25 years, because the hurdle is so awesome.

Elected in 1913 at age 34 as a fusion candidate, he was the city's youngest mayor.