reelects
Returns to office
Reelects means elects again to the same office or position.
When voters reelect a candidate, they return someone already serving to another term: The district reelected her by a wide margin.
The word implies prior service—you can only be reelected if you held the position before.
Elected or appointed official
- tenureProtected employment status
- termFixed period or word
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- reappointmentRestoration to a position
continuation · sitting · challenger · predecessor · successor · campaign · constituency · stronghold
Voting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- caucusParty selection meeting
- turnoutNumber attending an event
suffrage · franchise · referendum · majority · runoff · landslide · margin · tally
One who acts for another
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
- councilAdvisory deliberative group
accountability · constituents · platform · endorsement · partisan · bipartisan · opposition · governing
Continued holding or possession
- renewalMaking current again
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- successionFollowing in order
extension · perpetuation · uninterrupted · consecutive · sustained · unchanged · reaffirmation · reinstallation
officeholder
Elected or appointed official
reappointment · continuation · sitting · challenger · predecessor · successor · campaign · constituency · stronghold
ballot
Voting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
- caucusParty selection meeting
turnout · suffrage · franchise · referendum · majority · runoff · landslide · margin · tally · recount
representative
One who acts for another
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- senateLegislative governing body
council · accountability · constituents · platform · endorsement · partisan · bipartisan · opposition · governing · democratic
retention
Continued holding or possession
- renewalMaking current again
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- stabilityResistance to displacement
succession · extension · perpetuation · uninterrupted · consecutive · sustained · unchanged · reaffirmation · reinstallation · return
- reelection bidIncumbent's campaign effort