Crossword Puzzle Shearing candidate

Clue: Shearing candidate

Shearing candidates (e.g. EWES with 4 letters)
Candidate of the '90s (PEROT with 5 letters)
Candidate for A.A. (INEBRIATE with 9 letters)
Home state of the 1964 and 2008 Rep. presidential candidates (ARIZ with 4 letters)
'96 presidential candidate (DOLE with 4 letters)
Proposed as a candidate (NOMINATED with 9 letters)
Hardworking candidate? (DEVOTEDPOLITICIAN with 17 letters)
Candidate for the ninth circle of hell (TRAITOR with 7 letters)
Candidates not on ballots (WRITEINS with 8 letters)
Candidate for a pound (CUR with 3 letters)