"She's a very good, and tough, campaigner, better than me," he laughed.

"He's a good tough campaigner," the governor reciprocated manfully.

Vandoorm, in turn, introduced his companions, four tough old campaigners like himself.

Then he offered himself as a possibility, saying, "I'm a tough campaigner."

He is among the toughest campaigners the state has ever seen.

But, tough campaigner that he is, Soderling caught his breath in this maelstrom and set about clawing back the match.

Although his preannouncement address last night was measured, if history is a gauge he is likely to be a tough, and unpredictable campaigner.

She starts with great name ID, obviously, and she'd be a very tough campaigner and candidate.

He's one of the toughest campaigners I've ever seen.

She looked every bit the tough old campaigner she was.