canvasser

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One canvasser, Timothy Nikonorov, explained that he had been an active volunteer with Mamdani’s campaign before becoming a frequent canvasser for Park, and an occasional canvassing lead.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

Tonight, I’m shadowing Elly Mui, who’s been with the campaign since January—first as a paid canvasser in the run-up to the primary, which Mamdani won in a surprise upset, and as a volunteer ever since.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2025

A canvasser from a consulting firm, Graystone Public Affairs, had submitted duplicate signatures, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2023

But Mr. Dyas-Gordon, whose mother is a canvasser, said that after the 2016 election, strangers menaced him, even chasing him down the street.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2022

He was originally a printer, then a newspaper proprietor and editor; but fate had been unkind to him, and in the days of his presidency he had come to be an advertisement canvasser.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)