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Republican in raincoat running for President (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

macron

'for president' is the definition.
(French president Emmanuel Macron)

'republican in raincoat running' is the wordplay.
'republican' becomes 'R' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'raincoat' becomes 'mac' (macintosh is a type of raincoat).
'running' becomes 'on' (eg when a machine is running it is on).
'mac'+'on'='macon'
'r' inserted within 'macon' is 'MACRON'.

(Another definition for macron that I've seen is " French president".)

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