officeseeker

English

Alternative forms

• office-seeker

Etymology

office +‎ seeker

Noun

officeseeker (plural officeseekers)

1. A candidate for office, often specifically political office
   • 1983 April 9, Sue Hyde, “"Funny Names" Banned on San Francisco Ballots”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

     The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently approved a measure requiring office-seekers to file under their given names.

   • 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 December 2023, page 26:

     The applicability of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment does not turn on whether an office-seeker has been convicted of a crime, however. Instead, under Sections 336 and 337, I am obligated to assess the record before me and make a determination based on the preponderance of the evidence, just as my predecessors have in other ballot access cases.

   Officeseekers often start campaigning months before the election.

Related terms

• officeseeking