Definition of "candidacy"

Let it be borne in mind, moreover, that since the period of his last candidacy he has rendered the most memorable services to the country

1844, Epes Sargent, The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay

However, this almost certainly happened because of the third party candidacy of former Republican President Theodore Roosevelt

2002, Allan H. Keith, Turbulent Times

Anyhow, if the opportunity presented itself, Requesens thought that Philip should support the candidacies of Giovanni Ricci, Clemente Dolerá, and Ghislieri, . .

1984, Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571)