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Its prime targets, however, were not just corrupt machine politicians.

His elevation raised the obvious questions: Would he become just another machine politician?

This put them on a collision course with urban machine politicians.

The musical contains several songs built around a group of machine politicians.

"I'm going to make sure that the machine politicians will be held accountable."

She voted for him because "he seems to be a level-headed business person and not a machine politician."

But Murray's power was even stronger than that of the machine politicians.

On the other hand, the label of "machine politician" would plague him for years.

The plan was long range, seeking to reduce the influence of machine politicians on the city government.

He forced the old machine politicians to accommodate to a new reality in Arkansas politics.