re-election

British  

noun

1. the election of a person or persons for a further term of office

   his re-election as party leader

2. 1. the state of being elected again

      not seeking re-election

   2. ( as modifier )

      a re-election campaign

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re-election

"The Fifa president announced in April that he will stand for re-election in 2027," read a Fifa statement.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Its most recent recipient was Reform UK's Nigel Farage who resigned in order to stand for re-election in his own constituency.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

But recent events have complicated the path to re-election, said Lorenzo Pregliasco, of the YouTrend polling institute.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

Blanc won’t stand for re-election as senior independent director at the 2027 annual general meeting, BP said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The re-election of Abraham Lincoln, in November, 1864, called forth a grotesque and unpleasant caricature of Lincoln as the "Federal Phœnix."

From Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) by William Shepard Walsh