How to Use reelect in a Sentence

reelect

verb
Definition of reelectnext
  • He was reelected to the school committee.
  • He was first elected to the post in 2013 and was reelected last year.
    — Eric Johnson, Recode, 17 Oct. 2018
  • She was reelected in 2002 and was the first appeals judge to be elected to the Supreme Court.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But there won’t be much of a safe space for Biden if he is reelected.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The New York judges could suspend the case if Trump is reelected.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2024
  • That same year, Putin would reclaim the seat, and was reelected in 2018.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024
  • In the short term, the answer is to reelect President Trump.
    — Stanley Kurtz, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • And what about in the rest of the state, which elects and reelects antiabortion lawmakers?
    — John Baer, Philly.com, 8 July 2018
  • Butz, who was not reelected to the board in April, declined to comment.
    — oregonlive.com, 10 June 2019
  • Trump has vowed to lift the SALT cap if reelected, and the tax law enacting the cap expires next year.
    — Daniel Munoz, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
  • David Cote, a Democrat from Nashua, was reelected but still hasn’t been sworn in.
    — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023
  • He was reelected last year for a second eight-year term.
    — Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023
  • The union also spent more than $1 million on efforts to reelect Lacey.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Trump has also promised to try and get rid of Obamacare if reelected.
    — Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • She was reelected last year, leaving about three years left on her term.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • And adding to the stakes is that Scott’s Democratic supporter in the White House may not be reelected this fall.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2024
  • The ethics probe went nowhere, and Rogers was reelected to her second term in November.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Emanuel, who had been reelected before the release of the video, decided not to run again.
    — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • She was most recently reelected to a four-year term in 2021.
    — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Although Gaetz resigned his seat for the current Congress, he was reelected for the next, set to be sworn in on Jan. 3.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Montgomery Steppe was reelected to the council just last year to a term that ends in December 2026.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Nathan Senn ran and narrowly won his first race in 2019 and was reelected by about a hundred votes this spring.
    — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2023
  • She was reelected last year after the zones were redrawn.
    — Monica Brich, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
  • La Grange seated a new Village Board Monday night, with three trustees being reelected and one new to the board.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • He was indicted on related charges in 2015 and reelected twice as the case stalled in court.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 19 June 2023
  • He may be impeached by the House, declared not guilty by the Senate and reelected – or voted out of office – in 2020.
    — David A. Frank, The Conversation, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Town Clerk Kathy Larkin is endorsed by both parties, and so is assured to be reelected.
    — Don Stacom, courant.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Brown said voters should reelect her to keep consistency on the bench.
    — Dallas News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • In the event that Trump is reelected, Europeans must be able to sustain the Ukrainian war effort on their own.
    — Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The House reelected Speaker Mike Johnson for a second term.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025

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