jockey

"There are people who are jockeying for position and people who feel like they might have done enough, but then get a call to say they are not in the team and that is tough."

But behind the scenes, consultants, lawmakers and would-be candidates already are jockeying for position in the newly competitive or vastly redrawn districts that may soon exist across the state.

I think he’s jockeying to have a dish named after him.

The Jacobites are mentioned, but most of the political machinations involve interclan jockeying.

He’d tried to be a jockey, but horses kept throwing him.