veteran
Pol.
political leader
politician
politico
dark horse
favorite son
running mate
spoiler
stalking-horse
write-in
write-in candidate
activist
crusader
diplomat
organizer
pamphleteer
playwright
propagandist
protester
protestors
strategist
tactician
Gaynor
Mainer
Rainer
complainer
container
craner
drainer
entertainer
gainer
graner
mainer
mainor
maner
nonplanar
painter
plainer
planar
planer
retainer
saner
trainer