A candidate is a person who is being considered or evaluated for a particular position, role, or opportunity. They are often competing with other individuals for the same opportunity. Full definition
I have proposed electoral reforms to reduce the power political parties have to deny us alternative choices for candidates for public offices. (rocklandtimes.com)
Second in a series of profiles of candidates for governor. (baltimoresun.com)
His supporters have filed the needed petitions to win the right to run as a write - in candidate in the primaries of those parties. (thirdpartypolitics.us)