officeholder
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The officeholder instead manages the California Department of Education.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The officeholder also leads the more than 6,000 members of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Chief Justice Debra Todd, the highest paid judicial officeholder, will see her salary rise to $260,733, while salaries for other high court justices will rise to $253,360.
From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2023
We have an investigative process in this country to which no former officeholder is immune.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023
Douglas was for most of his life an officeholder, so that in one way or another Lincoln would be brought into association with him.
From The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ketcham, Henry
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