campaigner

Other forms: campaigners

Definitions of campaigner

1. noun

   a politician who is running for public office
   synonyms: candidate, nominee

   types:

   dark horse

   a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly

   favorite son

   a United States politician favored mainly in his or her home state

   running mate

   a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices

   spoiler

   a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning

   stalking-horse

   a candidate put forward to divide the Opposition or to mask the true candidate

   write-in, write-in candidate

   a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters

   type of:

   pol, political leader, politician, politico

   a person active in party politics