re-electionn.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) 41 Next day expecting a re-election, he found new morning new minds, and Pole being reprobated, Julius the Third, his professed enemy, was chosen in his place.

1690 R. L'Estrange Queries conc. Election Members Ensuing Parl. 5 Whether any body would approve the Re-election of those worthy Members, who do not wish for a new Monmouth, and another Argyle?

a1745 J. Swift Advice Freemen Dublin in Wks. (1941) XIII. 83 Several acts have been made and rendered ineffectual by leaving the power of re-election open.

1756 H. Walpole Let. 29 Nov. in Lett. to H. Mann (1833) III The Parliament meets on Thursday, but will adjourn for about ten days for the re-elections.

1788 J. Madison Federalist Papers liii. 134 A few of the members..will, by frequent re-elections, become members of long standing.

1823 T. Jefferson Let. 12 June in Writings (1984) 1471 He had determined to decline re-election at the end of his first term.

1874 A. Trollope Phineas Redux II. xxxvii. 305 He had been delighted with the re-election at Tankerville, and thought that the borough had done itself much honour.

1884 Law Times 8 Mar. 3 The Examiners above named are re-eligible, and intend to offer themselves for re-election.

1938 Kiplinger Washington Let. (Kiplinger Washington Agency) 3 Sept. 4 Reelection of purgees will strengthen non-New Dealers in next Congress.

1979 N. Hynd False Flags iii. 15 A local incumbent embattled in a reelection campaign.

1993 Sci. Amer. May 21/3 If leaders must seek reelection and the press is free to report starvation and to criticize policies, then the rulers have an incentive to take preemptive action.