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Run from politician going after a Democrat (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

administer

'run' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'politician going after a democrat' is the wordplay.
'politician' becomes 'minister' (I've seen this before).
'going after' says to put letters next to each other.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'a'+'d'='ad'
'minister' put after 'ad' is 'ADMINISTER'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for administer that I've seen before include "conduct" , "Dispense" , "Run" , "Handle" , "control" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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