#campaigner__candidate__nominee  a politician who is running for public office
  supertype:  politico__politician__pol__political_leader__politicalleader  a person active in party politics
  subtype:  dark_horse.campaigner__darkhorse  a political candidate who is not well known but could win unexpectedly
  subtype:  favorite_son__favourite_son__favouriteson  a politician favored mainly in his or her home state
  subtype:  running_mate__runningmate  a nominee for the lesser of two closely related political offices
  subtype:  spoiler.campaigner  a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning
  subtype:  stalking-horse.campaigner__stalkinghorse  a candidate put forward to divide the opposition or to mask the true candidate
  subtype:  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

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