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re-elect

British

verb

to elect (a person, political party, etc) to an official post for a further term

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It has to be one that can persuade voters to re-elect the SNP at the 2026 Holyrood elections.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2024

Voters ought to re-elect Fred Felleman to continue his work as Port commissioner.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 2023

A majority of 96 lawmakers of the 136 present voted to re-elect Saquicela.

From Reuters • May 14, 2023

In Kenosha, where voters were deciding whether to re-elect Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, the shadow of the demonstrations and riots that tore through the city in August 2020 after a police shooting loomed large.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2022

"But suppose they should sometime fail to re-elect him?"

From City of Endless Night by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)

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