The phrase "candidate about" can be used in written English.
It would typically be used in a sentence discussing a candidate's qualities or attributes. Example: "The committee was impressed by the candidate's confidence and knowledge about the industry during the interview."
Another man asked the candidate about school prayer.
I hope to be interviewing the Labour candidate about that and many other matters soon.
She asked the candidate about the hot-button issue, familiar to this blog's readers, of rescuing America's Iraqi allies.
It's a week before Belarus's presidential election and voters are questioning an opposition candidate about the legitimacy of her campaign.
Bill Clinton won in '92 on the strength of being the best-prepared and most knowledgeable candidate about policy.
But the former president also opened a window on his conversations with Hillary Clinton, the candidate, about the campaign she is conducting.
Mr. Bohrman said he would have instead had the moderators ask each candidate about their stance on a possible amendment to the Constitution banning flag-burning.
At the outset of that second debate, Jim Lehrer asked each candidate about his "guiding principles" for the exercise of America's extraordinary power in the world.
Nevertheless, Steinberg shows how genuinely distressed admissions officers become when their colleagues fail to accept a candidate about whom they have especially positive feelings.
If one were to advise a candidate about the happiness gap, you'd say: first, don't try to be inspiring or rely on the pure power of authenticity.
The FA stressed that it had not held direct talks with any candidate about succeeding Steve McClaren but Mourinho is known to be on its shortlist.
