campaign
noun
the competition by rival political candidates and organizations for public office.
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
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He will have been campaigning a long time to earn it—months certainly, and maybe even years.
From A Minstrel in France by Lauder, Harry, Sir