: a worker for a political boss in a ward or other local area
Examples of ward heeler in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebClarence Yancey, an old-school political ward heeler in Louisville's West End whose backing was sought by local and statewide politicians for decades, died Sunday, according to his family.—Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2022 Smith, an eighth-grade dropout who went to work at 15 to support his widowed mother, was deemed by most a coarse ward heeler beholden to the Tammany Hall satraps who anointed him.—Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
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