Nomination's part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office, or the bestowing of an honor or award. In the context of elections for public office, a candidate who's been selected by a political party's normally said to be the nominee of that party. The party's selection (that's, the nomination)'s typically accomplished either based on one or more primary elections or by means of a political party convention or caucus, according to the rules of the party and any ap… (More on Nomination)