officeholder

Example Sentences

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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

Later, when pressed by others, Sauer agreed with a lower court that had drawn a distinction between the conduct of an officeholder and that of a candidate for office.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024

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

A new LGBTQ+ resource center is set to open in the city, where an independent candidate surprisingly defeated a longtime Republican officeholder to become the first Black mayor of the city of roughly 480,000 people.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 18, 2023

The ballot which goes to the people contains, in brief, the objections to the official, and, in some states, also the reply of the accused officeholder.

From Problems in American Democracy by Williamson, Thames Ross