State nominates eccentric? (9)
I believe the answer is:
minnesota
'state' is the definition.
(Minnesota is an example)
'nominates eccentric?' is the wordplay.
'eccentric?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'eccentric' mean this).
'nominates' anagrammed gives 'MINNESOTA'.
(Other definitions for minnesota that I've seen before include "American state, capital St Paul" , "US state, capital St Paul" , "US state -. of Iowa" , "North Star State" , "Nominates, oddly, the US state" .)