(politics) projected winner, sure to be elected

even if one says

victory in an election

win an election

certainty, reliability / inevitability, necessity / soundness

certain, reliable / inevitable, necessary

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(politics) election / (politics, informal) campaigning