reelect
verb
re·elect
ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt 
reelected; reelecting; reelects
: to elect for another term in office
Examples of reelect in a Sentence
He was reelected to the school committee.
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Smith has been winding down his cases against the former president since Trump was reelected in November, due to a longstanding Department of Justice policy prohibiting the prosecution of a sitting president.
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Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The members’ first vote was for the House speakership, and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected.
—Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
The House reelected Speaker Mike Johnson for a second term.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
House Republicans reelected Johnson to lead the House GOP in November, but only a few weeks later, Elon Musk and Donald Trump put him in a tough spot by urging Congress to kill the speaker's spending bill just days before the government ran out of funding.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2025
The members’ first vote was for the House speakership, and Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., was reelected.
—Sarah Roderick-Fitch | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Jan. 2025
The House reelected Speaker Mike Johnson for a second term.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
House Republicans reelected Johnson to lead the House GOP in November, but only a few weeks later, Elon Musk and Donald Trump put him in a tough spot by urging Congress to kill the speaker's spending bill just days before the government ran out of funding.
—Kyler Alvord, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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