Historically, self-financed candidates have tended to lose.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 Campaign: How Are The Self-Funders Doing?] Reference

Will this year be different for the self-financed candidate?.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 Campaign: How Are The Self-Funders Doing?] Reference

Jeans, is running a self-financed run for governor right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chris Kelly: Meg Whitman Week -- Friday: Share the Wealth] Reference

I've conducted a self-financed and - organized virtual book tour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rachel Kramer Bussel: Don't Pass the Buck When It Comes to Selling Your Book] Reference

Now, Gomez Cabrera spoke about their plans to become self-financed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castro on Health Care at Ameijeiras Hospital] Reference

It's the most expensive self-financed political campaign in U.S. history.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 2, 2009] Reference

Developing a self-financed system for road maintenance and rehabilitation.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Rural common property resources: a growing crisis.] Reference

Unfortunately such a self-financed student movement is unlikely to develop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jay Mandle: SUPPORTING STUDENT ACTIVISM] Reference

You self-financed this film, as you have most of the other "Star Wars" films.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 7, 2002] Reference

And all of that has been basically self-financed by the very first coffee shop.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2005] Reference

It's a precarious life, entrepreneurial in all the scariest, self-financed ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Taste Makers] Reference

Ciresi may have read this Wall Street Journal analysis on self-financed candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daily Digest, 2/16/07] Reference

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran the most expensive self-financed campaign in history.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2009] Reference

His third-term bid was the most expensive self-financed political campaign in U.S. history.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloomberg Campaign Spending Actually $108 Million] Reference

His self-financed debut album Abasebenzi generated excitement in the entertainment industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

COOPER: There's also this perception of bin Laden as this multimillionaire who's self-financed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 21, 2007] Reference

I mean, is there some sort of safety valve here to make sure that this continues to be self-financed?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Briefing By Shalala And Herman And Sperling] Reference

As a self-financed candidate, he would not be indebted to traditional interest groups and power brokers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will Bloomberg Run? Test-Markets Himself as Potential Mayor] Reference

So Romney's support came from his self-financed campaign paying staffers to round up people to vote online.    From Wordnik.com.  [FRC Straw Poll Shows Potential ��� But Not Realized ��� Support For Huckabee] Reference

It would be about leveling the playing field for candidates running against wealthy, self-financed candidates.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Campaign Finance Reform Bill Sponsor Russ Feingold Speaks on Senate Floor - March 19, 2001] Reference

As momentum grew, a light bulb went on in Fairey's head: he turned Andre into a self-financed global campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Matlack: Shep Visionary or Criminal?] Reference

Considering Ford self-financed the flick, such sentiments owe as much to potential profits as identity-politics.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Kaufman: Tom Ford's A Single Man: Gay, Straight AND Other] Reference

And I wonder if Isaac's self-financed shirt pile may point to a deeper flaw in our family clothes-shopping patterns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is a T-shirt Basic Clothing—or a Souvenir?] Reference

Well, first of all, 20-30% of the program is self-financed .. by Steven Leser on Saturday, Dec 27, 2008 at 10: 41: 34 AM.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Real Bailout Needed is a Consumer Bailout] Reference

All of it is legal but seemingly a contradiction from his public position that his campaign would be largely self-financed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2003] Reference

A group of Oklahoma businessmen whose self-financed project helped bring water to villagers in China plan similar efforts in.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Newsom, a restaurant owner and entrepreneur who self-financed his campaign for mayor, says he'll abide by the party's wishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitol Letter: Mr. Newsom Goes To Washington] Reference

Billionaire Bloomberg, a marginally competent manager, is a great salesman with a vast, heavily self-financed advertising budget.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fred Siegel: Michael Bloomberg is Still Not Running for President] Reference

But history shows that self-financed campaigns have a mixed record, especially when challengers are against deep-pocketed incumbents.    From Wordnik.com.  [2010 Campaign: Meet The Top Self-Funders (PHOTOS)] Reference

LORAC is self-financed so before I started I gave myself an ultimatum: I could buy a condo or start the line that I always dreamed of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Felicia C. Sullivan: Interview: Entrepreneur Carol Shaw, Founder of LORAC] Reference

His last film, What Is It?, which he self-financed over the course of nine years, was unique in that most of the cast had Down Syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sara Vilkomerson���s Guide to This Week���s Movies: My Date With Crispin Glover] Reference

But it might be years before we understand the full impact of Bloomberg's self-financed candidacies on the city's campaign finance system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jarrett Murphy: The Price of Bloomberg's Big-Bucks Campaign Spending] Reference

The other is on campaign finance and what's called the "Millionaire's Amendment," which eases spending limits for candidates up against wealthy self-financed opponents -- John.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2008] Reference