officeholders
Those in power
Officeholders are people who hold official positions, especially in government.
The term emphasizes the position rather than the person—an officeholder occupies a role with defined duties and limited tenure: Several officeholders faced ethics investigations.
The singular officeholder appears in discussions of responsibilities or qualifications for a given position.
Organized effort toward goal
- ballotVoting document
- votersThose who cast ballots
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
nominee · candidacy · reelection · primaries · caucus · constituents · endorsement · polls
People assigned to positions
- incumbentsCurrent holders of positions
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- secretariesOffice administrative assistants
- deputiesAppointed subordinate representatives
aides · advisors · staff · executives · functionaries · ministers · commissioners · directors
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- senateLegislative governing body
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- assemblyConstructing from components
council · chamber · legislators · senators · representatives · deputies · lawmaking · statutes
Required moral task
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- transparencyState of being see-through
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
stewardship · obligation · responsibility · answerability · probity · rectitude · fiduciary · disclosure
Legal authority's scope
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
control · influence · dominion · prerogative · discretion · tenure · portfolio · remit
Government agency employees
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
departments · agencies · red tape · formalities · documentation · protocols · hierarchy · dossiers
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
challenger · nominee · candidacy · reelection · primaries · caucus · constituents · endorsement · polls · platform
appointees
People assigned to positions
- incumbentsCurrent holders of positions
- cabinetEnclosed storage furniture
- secretariesOffice administrative assistants
deputies · aides · advisors · staff · executives · functionaries · ministers · commissioners · directors · managers
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- policyAdopted principle of action
- senateLegislative governing body
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
assembly · council · chamber · legislators · senators · representatives · deputies · lawmaking · statutes · ordinances
duty
Required moral task
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- transparencyState of being see-through
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
oversight · stewardship · obligation · responsibility · answerability · probity · rectitude · fiduciary · disclosure · scrutiny
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
command · control · influence · dominion · prerogative · discretion · tenure · portfolio · remit · purview
civil servants
Government agency employees
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
procedures · departments · agencies · red tape · formalities · documentation · protocols · hierarchy · dossiers · files
- politicianspoliticians, Joe Biden, congressman, Nancy Pelosi, senator
officeholderschallengers
Those who compete against
candidates · contenders · aspirants · nominees · hopefuls
officeholdersconstituents
Parts of a whole
citizens · electorate · voters · subjects · the public
officeholdersoutsiders
Those not belonging
laypeople · civilians · businesspeople · lame ducks · entrepreneurs