electioneer

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˌlɛkʃəˈnɪə/

verb

[no object] (usually as noun electioneering)
  • (of a politician or political campaigner) take part actively and energetically in a campaign to be elected to public office: the election will not be lost or won as the result of a few weeks of electioneering

noun

  • a campaigning politician during an election: he was now a national figure and a rumbustious electioneer