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boss, campaigner, candidate, communist, democrat, federalist, hack, labourite, machine politician, mugwump, national leader, nominee, noncandidate, party boss, party liner, party man, political boss, political hack, republican, socialist, solon, standard-bearer, statesman, technocrat, ward-heeler, whig

grassroots

leader

pol, political leader, politician