reelect
verb
re·elect
ˌrē-ə-ˈlekt 
reelected; reelecting; reelects
: to elect for another term in office
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He was reelected to the school committee.
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She was elected in 2020 and reelected in 2022 and 2024 to represent western Newton County and part of Covington.
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Christopher Harris, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Greene, who was first elected in 2020, and then reelected in 2022 and 2024, has been a polarizing member of Congress.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
With two more progressives already on the 11-member council — Alison Coombs, whose term isn’t up until 2027, and Ruben Medina, who was reelected to his Ward III seat last month — the body now firmly leans left.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
Frank Carollo held the seat from 2009 to 2017, after which his older brother, Joe Carollo, was elected, and then reelected, as the district’s commissioner.
—Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
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Christopher Harris, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Greene, who was first elected in 2020, and then reelected in 2022 and 2024, has been a polarizing member of Congress.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
With two more progressives already on the 11-member council — Alison Coombs, whose term isn’t up until 2027, and Ruben Medina, who was reelected to his Ward III seat last month — the body now firmly leans left.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
Frank Carollo held the seat from 2009 to 2017, after which his older brother, Joe Carollo, was elected, and then reelected, as the district’s commissioner.
—Miami Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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