Referring Clues

• Campaign pro
• Professional runner?
• Campaigner, for short
• Person in a race
• Machine part?
• Washington wheeler-dealer
• Ward heeler
• Capitol figure
• Seat seeker
• Washington denizen
• Office seeker, informally
• Nov. runner
• Person looking for a seat?
• Capitol Hill figure
• One experienced with running
• Neighbor of Ger.
• D.C. type
• D.C. insider
• Campaigner
• Newt, once
• Office seeker, for short
• Party member, maybe
• D.C. figure
• NATO member since 1999: Abbr.
• Campaigner, in brief
• Quadrennial conventiongoer
• Inside-the-Beltway figure
• One in the legislative biz
• Smoke-filled room figure
•     Party person
• Vote solicitor
• Washington type
• Vote seeker
• Baby kisser, maybe, in brief
• Electioneer
• Patronage purveyor, for short
• Party person
• Vote seeker, for short
• Stumper?
• George W. Bush or Al Gore
• Representative, e.g.
• Pork-barreler
• Councilman, e.g.
• D.C. player
• D.C. deal maker
• D.C. go-getter
• Campaign hustler, for short
• Washington pro
• Hill biggie
• Washington player, briefly
• D.C. wheeler-dealer
• Ballot figure
• Balt. Sea country
• Capitol Hill VIP
• Lobbyist's quarry
• One exchanging party favors?
• Hill regular
• House dealer?
• One who is in
• Party guy
• Cong. go-getter
• D.C. denizen
• Officeholder, for short
• Officeholder
• DC figure
• One in office, for short
• Patronage provider
• DC insider
• Office seeker
• Rep. or Sen.
• Cambodian dictator Pot
• Capitol Hill figure, briefly
• Washington fig.
• D.C. dealmaker
• Campaign vet
• Ward heeler, e.g.
• Khmer Rouge leader Pot
• Vote seeker, briefly
• Party rep
• Senator or congressman, for short
• Party person, informally?
• D.C. deal-maker
• Vote seeker, casually
• Wheeler-dealer in D.C., e.g.
• Party planner, for short?
• Capitol Hill mover
• Wheeler-dealer in D.C.
• Deal maker
• Dion or Duceppe
• Experienced office holder
• Legislative figure
• Town meeting speaker, briefly
• Seat pursuer
• Seat pursuer
• House party?
• Race competitor
• Capitol Hill fig.
• D.C. VIP
• D.C. persona
• Career campaigner
• Rep. or Dem.
• D.C. figure, for short
• Ward heeler, for short
• D.C. type, briefly
• Government pro
• Rep or Dem
• D.C. personage
• Office seeker, e.g.
• Warsaw's land (Abbr.)
• Govt. figure
• D.C honcho.
• Ukr. neighbor
• Government vet
• D.C figure.
• RNC figure
• Warsaw loc.
• VIP of D.C.
• Wash. wheeler-dealer
• Washington figure
• Noble lie teller, briefly
• Office seeker, briefly
• Party member, briefly
• Party pro
• Hardened campaigner
• "Face the Nation" guest
• Ger. neighbor
• Gov., e,g.
• Gov., e.g.
• W, e.g.
• Capitol figure, briefly
• Professional runner
• Infamous dictator Pot
• Five-term sen., say
• Party person, for short
• J. Layton or S. Harper
• Seasoned campaigner
• DC. old-timer
• Member of Cong.
• Beltway insider
• Party person?
• DC VIP
• Dem. or Rep.
• One who runs for office, briefly
• D.C. dignitary
• Senator, e.g.
• "Meet the Press" guest, for short
• Warsaw's home, briefly
• C-SPAN figure
• Many a "Meet the Press" guest, informally
• Smoke-filled room habitue
• GOP candidate, e.g.
• Career campaigner, for short
• Glad-handing sort
• D.C. regular
• David Axelrod or Karl Rove, for short
• Cambodian Pot
• "___ Joey" (Sinatra film)
• D.C. player?
• Office seeker, slangily
• Warsaw is its cap.
• Typical "Meet the Press" guest, for short
• Party planner, briefly?
• Beltway insider, for short
• Candidate (abbr.)
• Gdansk's locale (abbr.)
• Warsaw's country (abbr.)
• Candidate, for short
• Many a candidate, briefly
• Martin or Harper
• Inside-the-Beltway expert
• One running races for a living?
• Capitol insider
• Back-room maneuverer (Abbr.)
• Running expert, for short
• Debate participant
• D.C. big shot
• Capitol fig.
• Certain seat seeker
• Race participant
• One on the trail, for short
• Office-seeker, informally
• Parliamentary fig.
• Inside-the-Beltway figure, for short
• Inside-the-Beltway sort
• Capitol Hill sort, for short
• S. Harper or M. Ignatieff
• Patrol wagon
• Warsaw locale (abbr.)
• Parliamentarian
• Frequent fund-raiser
• Washington insider, informally
• Periodic runner
• Seat seeker, briefly
• Sen. or Rep.
• MP or MLA
• Party man
• Party man, for short
• Baby-kisser
• Party man, shortly
• Governor, e.g., briefly
• Veteran vote seeker
• Election contender, for short
• Running pro?
• Eur. country
• D.C. lifer
• Pro runner
• Running expert
• Pro on the hustings
• Blue Dog, e.g.
• Hustings figure
• Election adviser, for short
• Governor or mayor, for short
• D.C. vet
• Genocidal Cambodian leader, ___ Pot
• One backed by a PAC
• One seeking votes
• Lobbyist's prey
• Prez or veep, e.g.
• DC officeholder, for short
• Nov. candidate
• Senator, shortly
• D.C. negotiator
• Politician, slangily
• Ice starter?
• Its national anthem is "Mazurek Dbrowskiego"
• D.C. pro
• One in a "smoke-filled room," for short
• Public-office holder
• Campaign trail pro
• Party person?
• One running for office, informally
• Any campaign vet
• Ilhan Omar or Kamala Harris, briefly
• Campaigner found in the fronts of words of the four long Across answers
• Veep or prez
• Any party planner
• AOC or Mayor Pete
• Campaign guru
• Campaign figure, informally
• Hill figure, for short
• One running for office, for short
• Senator, e.g., shortly
• Pro in a party
• One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically
• Baby-kisser, shortly
• Professional office-seeker, informally
• Who's in the running?
• Experienced campaigner, for short
• Campaigner, informally
• Many a C-Span interviewee, informally
• Primary person, informally
• Gov. or sen.
• Sen. or rep., e.g.
• Capitol campaign vet
• One who runs, informally
• Primary fig.
• 23-Down fig.