nod
anointment
nominated
nominative
-athlon
darkhorse candidate
nominator
runners and riders
competition
contest
precandidate
multicandidate
reign
nonnomination
front runner
Trumpster diving
put forward
nominate
eligibleness
put up
election
renominate
conominee
successism
put one's name in the hat
contestingly
unnominated
victorious
bet
throw one's hat in the ring
in the lead
nonnominated
contestee
Guernsey
champion
candidature
postqualification
postqualifying
disnominate
eliminate
vote-getter
incoronated
acclaim
placegetter
Rose
vote in
nomination
candidacy
specific contract
anoint