The phrase "a better candidate at" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing qualifications or suitability for a specific role or task.
Example: "After reviewing the applications, I believe Sarah is a better candidate at managing the project than anyone else."
Alternatives: "a stronger candidate for" or "more qualified for".
Ken Boyer may warrant consideration, yet there's already a better candidate at third base in Ron Santo.
DVF: I like Obama very much -- and I would of course support him if he were the candidate -- but I do think that Hillary is a better candidate at this moment.
A better candidate at least seems to be the "bureaucratic ceiling" hypothesis maintaining that the quadratic scaling of the number of regulators with genome size at some point renders further genome growth unsustainable [ 141, 142].
Will there ever be a better candidate to succeed Wenger at the Emirates?
"Being here in Iowa has made me a better candidate," Mr. Santorum said, arriving at a caucus in Clive, where he urged Republicans to vote their conscience.
"We simply could not ask for a better candidate," Vice President Dick Cheney said at a St . Patricks Day fund-raiser for Mr. Norman.
Besides, neither is a better candidate than Clinton; both were interviewed at length by The Times editorial board, and despite certain superficial appeal, neither comes close to matching Clinton's qualifications, expertise or understanding of the political process.
For the most part, I think the damage Santorum caused is probably too great to make up for the ways he made Romney a better candidate, but you only need to look at the footage of early debates and compare them to the last few to see just how much sharper Romney got.
A better candidate is defined in order to minimize the distortion at each insertion space.
Whereas the Democrats (at least in Obama) found a better candidate, and the voter recruits simply followed.
At present, the former population is considered to be a better candidate for breast CSC [ 83].
