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The Behn campaign also was canvassing in deep red Williamson County, a prosperous jurisdiction which has become the bedrock of the modern Republican Party.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2025

The next day, Daniel Lander, 38, was canvassing a neighborhood in San Jose with Armando Mateos, 28.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021

The "Never Been Kissed" star even revealed that her 8-year-old daughter was canvassing in her building earlier this year.

From Fox News • Jan. 31, 2021

She’s been door-knocking, phone-banking and even got asked to leave a shopping center a few days ago where she was canvassing for Sanders.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2020

He was canvassing the expediency of resigning the post there and then, when a woman tripped in under the light. 

From The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke by London, Jack