electioneer
verb
[ ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə ]
• (of a politician or political campaigner) take part actively and energetically in a campaign to be elected to public office.
• "it is, of course, his right to electioneer, but taxpayers should not be paying for it"
electioneer
noun
• a campaigning politician during an election.
• "he was now a national figure and a rumbustious electioneer"
