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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Moderate Democrats were taking a victory lap Wednesday after ousting progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman and plotting more efforts to move the party toward the middle in a bid to retake Congress and reelect President Biden in the fall general election.
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
In 2012, African-American voters turned out in great numbers to reelect the first black president.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 22 June 2024
Independent Democratic groups that plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help reelect Biden have come to similar conclusions in their own research, according to people familiar with that work who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the strategy.
—Michael Scherer, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Make America Great Again Inc., a super PAC working to reelect former President Donald Trump, raised almost $70 million last month — and almost three-quarters of that came from a single billionaire’s massive donation.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 21 June 2024
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Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 26 June 2024
In 2012, African-American voters turned out in great numbers to reelect the first black president.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 22 June 2024
Independent Democratic groups that plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to help reelect Biden have come to similar conclusions in their own research, according to people familiar with that work who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the strategy.
—Michael Scherer, Washington Post, 21 June 2024
Make America Great Again Inc., a super PAC working to reelect former President Donald Trump, raised almost $70 million last month — and almost three-quarters of that came from a single billionaire’s massive donation.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 21 June 2024
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“Reelect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reelect. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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