Related Clues:

• Bowler's problem
• Go 50/50 on
• Campaigned for office
• Retreated hastily
• Con- ducted
• Helmed
• Competed politically
• Superintended
• Go separate ways
• Champagne bottle
• Sought public office
• Leave, so to speak
• Bled, like dyes
• Flew the coop
• Made (off)