Candidate
Applicant
noun
The candidate is someone who's a supplement to the entire political system. Despite being a supplement, they're still a candidate nonetheless, unless they can win!
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
学歴的には、候補者として十分通用するはずが、彼は性格に難があるからね。
Academically speaking, the candidate would be very useful, but he has such a bad personality.