candidate

Noun
  1. A politician who is running for public office (synset 109909143)
    is a type of: pol, political leader, politician, politico - a person active in party politics
    subtypes:
    • dark horse - a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
    • favorite son - a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state
    • running mate - a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
    • spoiler - a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
    • stalking-horse - a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate
    • write-in, write-in candidate - a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
    same as: campaigner, nominee
  2. Someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) (synset 109910201)
    is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    same as: prospect

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