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| English | Russian |
| dark-horse candidate | тёмная лошадка |
| horse race | предвыборная борьба (Mr. Wolf) |
| horse-trading | торг (MargeWebley) |
| horse-trading | переговоры (закулисные; hard bargaining; intensive discussion behind the scenes (in politics, business etc.): the horse-trading to set up a government, e.g. who gets which job; So there's got to be some heavy-duty horse-trading between Washington and Moscow behind all the shadow play. And none of it has leaked, at least not yet Taras) |
| political horse-trading | политический торг (Taras) |
| stalking horse | технический кандидат (на выборах Fesenko) |
| two-horse race | предвыборная борьба двух партий (grafleonov) |
| two-horse race | предвыборная борьба двух кандидатов (grafleonov) |