candidature(n = noun.act) campaigning, candidacy, electioneering, political campaign - the campaign of a candidate to be elected;
is a kind of campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement
has parts: whistle-stop tour
has particulars: front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning, hustings, whispering campaign, stumping

   Candidacy. [1913 Webster]

N  offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture, proposal, proposition, motion, invitation, candidature, offering, offering, offered, in the market, for sale, to let, disengaged, on hire.