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"Nomination" is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. "Presumptive nominee" is a term used when a person or organization believes that the nomination in inevitable. The act of being a candidate in a race is called a "candidacy." "Candidate" is a derivative of the Latin "candida" (white). In Ancient Rome, people running for political office would usually wear togas chalked and bleached to be bright white at speeches, debates, conventions, and other public functions. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  cnn.com 133px x 390px | 22.20kB [source page] people of Tula a town near Moscow will go to the polls to elect a new representative to the Russian parliament filling the seat vacated last year by retired Gen Alexander Lebed Few of the candidates are actually from Tula and they represent a wide range of occupations a former Boris Yeltsin bodyguard a fashion model a chess player There s even a  larchmontgazette.com 285px x 350px | 25.70kB [source page] Deputy Mayor Liz Feld Peter Bubba Fanelli a Democrat and Michael Bucci an Independent both trying for a first term are running with Mayor Ken Bialo a Republican Trustee Candidates l r Peter Fanelli Michael Bucci Jim Millstein and Marlene Kolbert Mr Fanelli 45 a life long resident of From Yahoo Image Search: "Candidates"  averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com Phil BC hu, 09 Jul 2009 17:31:00 GM Here is the list of . candidates. for July 23rd's by-election in Norwich North: Peter Baggs (Independent) Thomas Burridge (Libertarian Party) Anne Fryatt (None of The Above Party) Bill Holden (Independent) ...  thedaily.com.au unknown Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:00:00 GM If things had worked out differently, George Karellas or Mirjam Novak might have been sitting on a beach in the Whitsundays last week.  thespectrum.com unknown hu, 02 Jul 2009 03:00:00 GM Cedar city - The first day to file for public office yielded two . candidates. for Cedar City governing leadership. From Google Blog Search: "Candidates"  news.google.com Chicago Sun-Times Giannoulias has a score to settle with Mike Madigan who, as head of the Illinois Democratic Party, not only fielded a candidate against him in 2006 but ... 2010 Candidates , Declare Yourselves! But 2010 wont' be easy NBC Chicago all 5 news articles » news.google.com BBC News A prominent Plaid Cymru figure who was accused of leaking stories to the media has been removed from the party's list of approved election candidates . ... news.google.com The News-Press Two incumbents headline a field of 14 candidates seeking seats on the Cape Coral City Council. ... City election features four races Cape Coral Daily Breeze Mayor, former Cape mayor join '09 run for seat Cape Coral Daily Breeze all 23 news articles » From Google News Search: "Candidates" How are the presidential candidates for each party chosen? Q. There are essentially 5 GOP presidential candidates, and 3 Democrat candidates. How is it decided which ones will be the nominees for president and vice-president for each party? What happens if neither party can decide by the time the Conventions roll around? Asked by John S - Mon Jan 21 20:18:39 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Every time there is a primary in each state (or a caucus) that state awards a certain number of delegates to the candidates depending on how they did in the primary or caucus. In some states, it's winner take all, in some states there is some proportional distribution of delegates, in some states only SOME of the delegates are awarded based on the primary/caucus, and the rest are awarded by the STATE convention (held long before the national convention, don't worry.) In the past many years, we always knew who would be the candidate for each party based on the number of delegates. I don't think there has been an "open" convention (one where the candidate wasn't known before hand) since 1972. At the convention, they hold a symbolic vote for… [cont.] Answered by LJ - Mon Jan 21 20:58:01 2008 Whys should candidates have to raise money to access the public airwaves? Q. No wonder the electoral process is such a mess. The candidates have to raise huge sums of money from vested interests in order to fork it over to another vested interest (TV) to allow them to get their message out in 15 second intervals. But those are public airwaves. How hard should it be to allow free access? NexusLexus guy: says the guy smoking a crack pipe in his picture. Asked by 2 - Tue Jan 8 15:27:03 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. No the airwaves are not owned by corporations! It figures somebody who works for a radio station would say that. The airwaves are PUBLIC property and the government grants licensing rights to broadcasters, and up until the Reagan inspired corporate revolution against the people, the broadcasters were expected to fulfill a substantial civic obligation in order to use OUR airwaves. Your point is a very good one--there will never be any meaningful reform in government until we take back our airwaves and stop letting corporations control them and control the message that gets out on them. But in order for that to happen, people would have to realize that they are directly responsible for destroying democracy when they settle for the hours of… [cont.] Answered by rastagrappler - Tue Jan 8 15:54:19 2008 What candidates have won the presidential elections without winning their home states?
Q. I read that there have been two presidential candidates in history of the U.S. who won the general election without winning the electoral vote in their home state, but I can't find out which ones. My 12-year-old daughter's civics teacher didn't know and told her to look it up. Please make her look smart! Asked by Alex Flinn - Wed Nov 21 18:06:38 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The definition of a home state usually refers to the state where the candidate was resident during the nomination process. The following candidates won the election, but lost the state that they were resident in at the time of nomination: Nixon in 1968 lost New York, Wilson in 1916 lost New Jersey, Polk in 1844 lost Tennessee Answered by Harry Hayfield - Sun Nov 25 17:50:33 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Candidates"
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