Lower state officeholders have all said they are looking at moving up.

Together, they used their power and position to remove several Democratic antebellum state officeholders who had supported the Confederacy, replacing them with other Unionists.

On this week's trip he demonstrated one technique: announcing endorsements of his candidacy by prominent state officeholders.

But the law does not apply to other state officeholders.

Since the Rutan decision, there have been at least 18 lawsuits against state officeholders and supervisors.

Limits on terms for state officeholders are not affected.

This is the dominant rhetoric in California by those who oppose two ballot measures that would limit the terms of state officeholders.

The Maine proposal, limiting the terms of state officeholders, passed by a 2-to-1 margin.

Along with the other provisional state officeholders, he resigned in 1821 when Missouri officially became a state.

Third is the governor's ability to handpick state officeholders, so there's no one to keep him accountable.