Answer: POL
POL is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 225 times.
    - 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
 
    - One seeking votes
 
    - Lobbyist's prey
 
    - Prez or veep, e.g.
 
    - D.C. negotiator
 
    - Politician,  slangily
 
    - Ice starter?
 
    - D.C. pro
 
    - Anneliese van der ___ of "that's so raven"
 
    - Campaign trail pro
 
    - One running for office, informally
 
    - Ilhan Omar or Kamala Harris, briefly
 
    - 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
 
    - One shaking hands and kissing babies, stereotypically
 
    - Pro in a party
 
    - Party person, informally
 
    - 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.
 
    - Capitol wheeler-dealer, informally
 
    - Sen. or rep., e.g.