1) Applicants 2) Campaigners 3) Certain runners 4) Election Day hopefuls 5) Hopefuls at the polls 6) Men on the hustings 7) Open seat, varied nominees 8) Runners 9) Ticket information 10) Viers for office 1) Nominees 
candidates A slate of candidates (perhaps a reference to a time when nominees were chalked on a slate-Lipton).