Historical clue formulations

• One who runs, informally — 2025-12-25
• D.C. insider — 2024-09-29
• Sen. or rep., e.g. — 2024-08-25
• Capitol wheeler-dealer, informally — 2024-03-19
• Primary person, informally — 2024-02-11
• Many a C-Span interviewee, informally — 2024-01-16
• Campaigner, informally — 2024-01-05
• Experienced campaigner, for short — 2023-12-04
• Who's in the running? — 2023-07-15
• D.C. insider — 2023-06-06
• Professional office-seeker, informally — 2023-04-17
• Party person, informally — 2023-03-12
• D.C. dealmaker — 2022-09-28
• Campaign pro — 2022-08-02
• D.C. figure — 2022-05-22
• One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically — 2021-11-16
• One running for office, for short — 2021-08-30
• Hill figure, for short — 2021-05-13
• Campaign figure, informally — 2021-02-20
• Campaign guru — 2021-01-31
• Party person — 2020-10-03
• D.C. insider — 2020-01-13
• One running for office, informally — 2019-06-03
• D.C. insider — 2018-10-14
• Party person, for short — 2018-02-23
• Washington insider, informally — 2017-07-14
• Patrol wagon — 2017-05-04
• Capitol Hill sort, for short — 2016-12-06
• Inside-the-Beltway sort — 2016-09-07
• One on the trail, for short — 2016-03-25
• One running races for a living? — 2015-10-25
• Inside-the-Beltway expert — 2015-08-05
• D.C. insider — 2015-07-28
• Many a candidate, briefly — 2015-05-03
• Campaign pro — 2015-04-13
• Typical "Meet the Press" guest, for short — 2014-11-04
• "___ Joey" (Sinatra film) — 2014-09-11
• David Axelrod or Karl Rove, for short — 2014-08-19
• Glad-handing sort — 2014-07-20
• Many a "Meet the Press" guest, informally — 2014-03-22
• Party person, for short — 2013-04-05
• Professional runner — 2012-12-27
• Seat seeker — 2012-08-12
• House party? — 2011-10-15
• Party planner, for short? — 2011-02-16
• Campaign pro — 2010-07-12
• Washington pro — 2009-12-23
• Person in a race — 2009-09-06
• Stumper? — 2009-05-01
• Vote seeker, for short — 2009-04-21