campaign trail
noun
: a route that takes a candidate for office to different places in order to talk to people during a campaign
The candidates talked about the people they met on the campaign trail.
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The third major policy promise Mamdani pushed on the campaign trail was to make the city’s public buses free to ride.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2026
On January 12, two weeks after her death, Jack honored his sister in his first event on the campaign trail after the tragic loss.
—Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
The Austin, Texas, native is winding down work on the campaign trail for Blue Moon, directed by his longtime collaborator Richard Linklater and featuring his most transformative performance on screen, as the alcoholic depressive songwriter Lorenz Hart.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
On the campaign trail, Rubio spoke of growing up in a family of Cuban immigrants.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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