In an election campaign, a candidate's running mate is the person that they have chosen to help them in the election. If the candidate wins, the running mate will become the second most important person after the winner. Clinton's selection of Al Gore as his running mate. the person chosen by someone who is trying to become president, leader etc to help win an election, and be the second most important political person if they are elected
A dance move popular in the late 1980s to early 1990s, characterized running movements done in place with hands going in an alternating forward-backward motion