the approach of elections American, the word running mate, and his running mate, is employed at will by our journalist friends. Thus we discuss here and there running mate Joseph Biden for Obama and running mate Sarah Palin for McCain. The prefix co-means "with", and "-running mate" is derived from the list. What gives literally "be on the same list.
It appears for the first time in a book by Paul Bourget (writer rather unknown today), which evokes Jules Vallès running mates.
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