candidate (n.)

• addict
• agent
• also-ran
• applicant
• appointee
• aspirant
• aspirer
• assignee
• bidder
• campaigner
• claimant
• collector
• deputy
• devotee
• dud
• entrant
• fancier
• freak
• has-been
• hopeful
• licensee
• lover
• nominee
• petitioner
• possibility
• postulant
• prospect
• runner
• seeker
• solicitor
• stalking-horse
• stumper
• suitor
• suppliant
• supplicant
• votary
• wanter
• wisher
• yearner