mayorship
Top city position
Mayorship is the office or position of mayor, or the period during which someone serves as mayor: During her mayorship, the city built three new parks.
The term appears in formal or administrative contexts more often than casual speech, where time as mayor might be preferred.
Fixed period or word
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- officeProfessional work location
- stintFixed work period
- durationLength of existence
reign · service · appointment · succession · legacy · lame duck · term limits · first term
Rigid administrative system
- city hallSeat of local government
- municipalOf city government
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
department · office · secretariat · oversight · protocol · staff · appointments · directorates
Advisory deliberative group
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- policyAdopted principle of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
regulation · civic · zoning · budgeting · planning · oversight · committee · charter
Organized effort toward goal
- ballotVoting document
- votersThose who cast ballots
- pollsOpinion surveys or voting sites
- candidatesThose seeking selection
debate · suffrage · turnout · electorate · nomination · runoff · incumbent · challenger
Imaginative planner of futures
- influencePower to affect others
- charismaMagnetic personal appeal
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- directionWay something faces
diplomacy · negotiation · empowerment · accountability · stewardship · initiative · coalition building · public trust
term
Fixed period or word
- incumbencyHolding an official position
- officeProfessional work location
- stintFixed work period
duration · reign · service · appointment · succession · legacy · lame duck · term limits · first term · second term
bureaucracy
Rigid administrative system
cabinet · department · office · secretariat · oversight · protocol · staff · appointments · directorates · agency
council
Advisory deliberative group
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- policyAdopted principle of action
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
legislation · regulation · civic · zoning · budgeting · planning · oversight · committee · charter · veto
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
candidates · debate · suffrage · turnout · electorate · nomination · runoff · incumbent · challenger · platform
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
direction · diplomacy · negotiation · empowerment · accountability · stewardship · initiative · coalition building · public trust · ceremonial
- leadershipleadership styles, leader, leadership skills, boss, leading
mayorshippresidency
Chief executive's office
governorship · kingship · emperorship · sovereignty · national leadership