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the last officeholder was extremely conscientious about not using public funds for his personal gain
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Coleman said, adding that the committee did not include submissions related to specific legislation or officeholders such as Bailey.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Across the South, such activity had triggered deadly white violence against Black voters, organizers and officeholders in the decades since the war.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
Four candidates vying for the post may either end with the first mayor making the grade in 28 years and being re-elected to a second term, or Waukegan voters continuing to be fickle and making another sitting mayor a one-term officeholder.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Press characterizations of officeholders seem to reflect this phenomenon.
—Roy Brownell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2025
Across the South, such activity had triggered deadly white violence against Black voters, organizers and officeholders in the decades since the war.
—Essence, 8 Feb. 2025
Four candidates vying for the post may either end with the first mayor making the grade in 28 years and being re-elected to a second term, or Waukegan voters continuing to be fickle and making another sitting mayor a one-term officeholder.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
Press characterizations of officeholders seem to reflect this phenomenon.
—Roy Brownell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Officeholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/officeholder. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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officeholder
noun
of·fice·hold·er
-ˌhōl-dər 
: a person holding a public office
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