campaign for

idiom

1

: to lead or take part in a campaign to support (someone or something) or to achieve (something)

I campaigned for her when she ran for governor.

a time when women were campaigning for the right to vote

2

: to try to be elected to the position of (an elected official, such as president, mayor, governor, etc.)

He campaigned for president.

Examples of campaign for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jeremy Gilley is a filmmaker and the founder of the nonprofit organization that led the campaign for the establishment of the U.N. International Day of Peace on September 21. —Jeremy Gilley, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025

Others slammed the campaign for catering to the male gaze and taking inspiration from Brooke Shields' controversial 1980 denim campaign. —Jen Juneau, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Caruso, a former Republican who registered as a Democrat in an unsuccessful bid for LA mayor in 2022, has not announced a campaign for governor but his X post on Kounalakis’ decision to run for treasurer instead of governor read like a candidate’s statement. —Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2025

Before his retirement was announced, McAllister, a Republican, had been planning to launch a seventh campaign for county treasurer. —Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for campaign for

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