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officeholders

noun

plural of officeholder

as in officials

a person who holds a public office the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain

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Recent Examples of officeholders Just as is now the case--when officeholders in Arkansas blindly follow a con man who will go down as the worst president in American history--Arkansas found itself on the wrong side of history in the 1950s. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026 DuVernay says her team approached nearly 300 GOP officeholders, but only a little more than a dozen engaged with them at all. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 That year, three of Texas’s university systems appointed former Republican officeholders as their chancellors. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026 Why must Illinoisans go to the polls in November, to elect federal and statewide officeholders, then vote again for their mayors and other city officeholders a mere three months later? — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 But Wong said ministers and other political officeholders will not immediately move to the new salary benchmark. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 An array of state and local officeholders divvies up the governance of schools, which means none of them is truly accountable for outcomes. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2026 The association is using the $7 million to back officeholders in Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Ohio, Florida and Texas and Republican candidates in Arizona, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, Nevada, New York, and Wisconsin. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 The state constitution bars state officeholders from seeking a different office with a start date more than 30 days before the end of the officeholder's current term. — CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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County officials estimated the increase would generate about $250,000 annually for the county’s general fund.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Democrats fear interference and voter intimidation as his Justice Department threatens to prosecute local election officials.

— Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

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Thames Valley officers in February arrested the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on suspicion of misconduct in public office based on information released in the Epstein Files.

— Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
No descriptions of the vehicles or drivers were immediately available but officers encouraged anyone with information to call the CHP’s South Sacramento office at 916-897-5600.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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