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| campaign |
A campaign is an effort to get someone elected to a position such as president, governor, mayor, or senator. This type of campaign can be called a "political campaign." A campaign is also all the people who are involved in the effort to get someone elected. During a campaign, people put up signs, talk to people in neighborhoods, create ads for TV and radio, and do a lot of other things. The candidate takes part in the campaign also, mostly by talking to people, making speeches, and appearing on TV or in online videos. [1/3 definitions] |
| candidate |
A candidate is a person who hopes to be chosen for something or has all the right things to be chosen. A candidate is often a person who wants to be elected to a position in a government. |
| nominate |
to choose as a candidate for election. [1/2 definitions] |
| primary |
an early election in the United States, where members of each political party vote for a candidate to run for office in the general election. [1/3 definitions] |
| running mate |
a candidate running for a less important office than the one for which the fellow candidate is running. |
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