retention election

collocation in English

meaningsofretentionandelection

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retention
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˈten.ʃən/us
/rɪˈten.ʃən/
the continued use, existence, or possession of something ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk
/iˈlek.ʃən/us
/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition ofretentionandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Judges stand for non-partisanretentionelectionevery four years.
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Thereafter, that justice is subject to reelection every eight years by a non-partisanretentionelection.
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Justices serve six years terms and then are put up for anotherretentionelection.
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At that time, they must face aretentionelection.
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Justices serve for terms of good behavior, subject to aretentionelectionevery ten years after his/her appointment.
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The judge will then serve a one-year term before facing aretentionelection.
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Judges are then retained for an initial period, after which they are subject to aretentionelection.
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Justices also became subject to aretentionelection.
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Hilder was re-elected in the 2010retentionelection151,876 to 54,350.
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No appellate judge has ever lost aretentionelectionsince the system was put in place in 1966.
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He has since been retained to the bench after a successful judicialretentionelectionin 2010.
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Luckert will face her nextretentionelectionin 2010.
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At the general election soonest after the completion of one year's service, the judge must stand in aretentionelection.
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Justices face a nonpoliticalretentionelectionthree years after appointment and every eight years after that.
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Urbigkit lost his bid for a second term in aretentionelection.
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Pozonsky was successful in his 2007retentionelection.
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Judges are always subject to reelection and retention elections.
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All the judges won their retention elections by a wide margin; each of them was favored for retention by over 70% of voters.
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