Frontrunner [noun]

● Favorite

● Contender

● Front-runner

● Best bet

● Chalk horse

● First choice

● Public choice

● Top horse

● Top seed

● Frontrunner

● Contender

● Leader

● Favorite

● Trailblazer

● Forerunner

● Vanguard

● Predecessor

● Pioneer

● Precursor

● Favourite

● Forefront

● Avant-garde

● Front-runner

● Nominee

● Candidate

● Challenger

● Heir apparent

● Winner

● Nomination

● Longshot

● Newcomer

● Noncandidate

● Finalist

● Rival

● Successor

● Underdog

● Candidacy

● Kingmaker

● Incumbent

● Aspirant

● Heir presumptive

● Understudy

● Backer

● Shortlist

● Consolation prize

● Competitor

● Topliner

● Endorsement

● Victor

● Runner

● Wild card

● Stalwart

● Comer

● Shoo

● Pretender

● Rans

● Latecomer

● Outsider

● Lieutenant governorship

● Darling

● Protege

● Favorites

● Running mate

● Foregone conclusion

● Tossup

● White knight

● Hopefuls

● Starter

● Trendsetter

● Pacesetter

● Loser

● Suitor

● Powerbroker

● Jockeying

● Incumbant

● Entrant

● Powerhouse

● Wunderkind

● Senatorship

● Position

● Savior

● Laggard

● Race

● Inheritor

● Nominating

● Neck and neck

● Figurehead

● Neophyte

● Juggernaut

● Bolter

● Elder statesman

● Wins

● Stronghold

● Contendress

● Upsetter

● Champion

● Promiser

● Upstart

● Cakewalk

● Primus inter pares

● Crowd puller

● Firmament

● Carpetbagger

● Reins

● Hardliner

● Nod

● Fray

● Pecking order

● Plodder