Editing Candidate (section)

{{Short description|Prospective recipient of an award or position}}
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{{Redirect|Nominee|the financial term|Nominee account}}
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A '''candidate''', or '''nominee''', is a prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position. For example, one can be a candidate for membership in a [[group (sociology)|group]] or [[election]] to an [[official|office]], in which case a [[Preselection|candidate selection]] occurs.

"[[Nomination]]" is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office by a political party,<ref name=Definition>''Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases,'' Volume 1, Edition 2, West Publishing Company, 1914, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NGU8AAAAIAAJ&dq=nominee+candidate+definitions+of+words&pg=PA558 p. 588] [https://books.google.com/books?id=MXE8AAAAIAAJ&dq=nominee+candidate+definitions&pg=PA618 p. 618]</ref> or the bestowing of an honor or award. This person is called a "nominee",<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nominee|title=Nominee|publisher=Merriam Webster|access-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> though "nominee" is often used interchangeably with "candidate". A presumptive nominee is a person or organization whose nomination is considered inevitable or highly likely. The phenomenon of being a candidate in a race for either a party nomination or for electoral office is called "candidacy".<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/candidacy?show=0&t=1342024814|title=Candidacy|publisher=Merriam Webster|access-date=2012-11-07}}</ref> The term "presumptive candidate" may be used to describe someone who is predicted to be a formal candidate.