political campaign

1. A race between candidates for elective office (synset 107488069)
   "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run"
   is a type of: race - any competition
   subtypes:

   • campaign for governor, governor's race - a race for election to the governorship
   • senate campaign, senate race - a race for election to the senate
   same as: campaign, run
2. The campaign of a candidate to be elected (synset 100801198)
   is a type of: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
   subtypes:

   • front-porch campaign, front-porch campaigning - a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
   • hustings - the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)
   • whispering campaign - the organized dissemination of derogatory rumors designed to discredit a candidate
   • stumping - campaigning for something by making political speeches (stump speeches)
   has: whistle-stop tour - a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited
   same as: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, electioneering

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