Then there are the political neophytes like Ophelia Dahl, raising money for a candidate for the first time.

While political neophytes out of Hollywood yammer about getting the younger generation involved in politics, John actually did it.

Those two aspirants were, perhaps, the most exotic in a crop that included relatively few other political neophytes.

They are frequently led by political neophytes who prize independence and tell strikingly similar stories of having been awakened by the recession.

Two of the three compromise choices were widely derided as political neophytes whose only strength was amiability.

In this year's Republican mayoral race, the leading candidates happen to be political neophytes, too.

Most of the candidates are political neophytes.

Most of the people questioned were Ms. Roper's volunteers, and many of them political neophytes.

His heavily outnumbered backers on the floor, mostly political neophytes, launched a high-spirited if carefully orchestrated demonstration.

Even political neophytes have high expectations of themselves if they have a business background.