candidacy
Seeking an office
Candidacy is the state of being a candidate—someone seeking election, selection, or admission.
A politician announces their candidacy for office; a student's candidacy for a degree program may be accepted or rejected.
Her candidacy for the Senate attracted national attention.
The word implies formal pursuit of a position through some evaluative process.
Formally registering a choice
- ballotVoting document
- raceCompetition of speed
- contestOrganized competitive event
- nomineeOne proposed for position
polls · runoff · ticket · incumbent · challenger · frontrunner · underdog · write-in
Desire for achievement
- goalDesired end result
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- aimPurpose or direction
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
prospect · calling · drive · motivation · bid · contender · aspirant · announcement
Gathers or recovers
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- endorsementsFormal declarations of support
- platformRaised flat structure
stump · grassroots · fundraising · polling · canvassing · advertising · volunteers · caucus
Formal candidate selection
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- designationFormal name or title
- recommendationAdvised course of action
shortlist · vetting · screening · confirmation · selection committee · search · finalist · consideration
Elected government official
- senatorUpper chamber member
- representativeOne who acts for another
- governorState's chief executive
- mayorElected head of municipality
councilor · commissioner · legislator · president · chancellor · minister · alderman · sheriff
voting
Formally registering a choice
nominee · polls · runoff · ticket · incumbent · challenger · frontrunner · underdog · write-in · recount
ambition
Desire for achievement
hopeful · prospect · calling · drive · motivation · bid · contender · aspirant · announcement · declaration
rallies
Gathers or recovers
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- debatesFormal argumentative exchanges
- endorsementsFormal declarations of support
platform · stump · grassroots · fundraising · polling · canvassing · advertising · volunteers · caucus · nomination
nomination
Formal candidate selection
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- endorsementFormal expression of support
- designationFormal name or title
recommendation · shortlist · vetting · screening · confirmation · selection committee · search · finalist · consideration
politician
Elected government official
- senatorUpper chamber member
- representativeOne who acts for another
- governorState's chief executive
mayor · councilor · commissioner · legislator · president · chancellor · minister · alderman · sheriff · regent
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- declarationsdeclaration, declarations, proclamation, proclamations, announcement
- DoctoratesPhD, doctorate, doctoral program, doctoral student, dissertation
- grad schooldissertation, thesis committee, doctoral program, PhD program, graduate school
- graduate schooldissertations, thesis, capstone, research, dissertation
candidacyincumbency
Holding an official position
officeholding · tenure · officeholder · sitting member · retirement
candidacywithdrawal
Act of taking away
disqualification · ineligibility · dropout · elimination · abstention
- presidential candidatePerson seeking executive office
- job candidate
- write-in candidateManually added ballot option
- independent candidateUnaffiliated person seeking office
- doctoral candidatePerson pursuing doctorate
- third party candidateNon-major-affiliation electoral contender