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democracy's version of a job performance review where the employee writes the questions.
means an incumbent running to keep the office they already hold, campaigning on a record instead of a promise.
from from latin re- (again) plus electio (a choosing) — the same root that gives us elect, meaning to pick out; reelection just adds the word for doing it twice.
incumbency edgeus house incumbents win reelection over 90 percent of the time
term limitsexist precisely to make reelection impossible eventually
fdr exceptiononly us president reelected three times, prompting the 22nd amendment