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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Democrats are already attacking the money, but that’s only a hint of what’s to come this fall on the campaign trail if the funding is approved as part of the GOP-only package.
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
Data centers — low-slung facilities that house the server racks and energy systems that underpin the digital economy — have become a heated issue on the campaign trail.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
Calling lawmakers back to Atlanta before runoff elections in mid-June would have meant taking legislators off the campaign trail and into the Capitol.
—Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 14 May 2026
The candidates’ playbooks Paxton has spent his time on the campaign trail urging the state’s most active conservative voters to go to the polls in May.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 15 May 2026
Data centers — low-slung facilities that house the server racks and energy systems that underpin the digital economy — have become a heated issue on the campaign trail.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
Calling lawmakers back to Atlanta before runoff elections in mid-June would have meant taking legislators off the campaign trail and into the Capitol.
—Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 14 May 2026
The candidates’ playbooks Paxton has spent his time on the campaign trail urging the state’s most active conservative voters to go to the polls in May.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2026
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“Campaign trail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/campaign%20trail. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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