ward heeler (?.)

• Conservative
• Democrat
• Labourite
• Republican
• Tory
• Whig
• adherent
• appendage
• attendant
• buff
• cavaliere servente
• courtier
• dangler
• dependent
• disciple
• fan
• flunky
• follower
• following
• hanger-on
• hatchet man
• heeler
• henchman
• homme de cour
• loyalist
• man
• parasite
• partisan
• party faithful
• party hack
• party man
• party member
• party wheelhorse
• public
• pursuer
• pursuivant
• registered Democrat
• registered Republican
• regular
• retainer
• satellite
• sectary
• servant
• shadow
• stalwart
• stooge
• successor
• supporter
• tagtail
• tail
• trainbearer
• votary
• wheelhorse