That must be done quickly so newly elected governors will be able to take over when the terms of the current officeholders expire next month.

Leaders in state government generally do not defend the cost-sharing system, which was in place long before current officeholders arrived.

If it is adopted, current officeholders who have already reached the limit - 12 years for Congress - could run once more, in 1992.

In fact, the proposal merely keeps all current officeholders in office until the year 2005.

He positively cringes when anybody tries to link him with any current officeholders from his home state.

Mistakes of the past have a nasty habit of falling on the heads of current officeholders.

But officials disagree on how the proposed law will affect current officeholders and say the results may not be known until it is in place during an election.

A candidate declares that, had he been mayor at the time of the city's devastation, he would have done a better job than the current officeholder.

The current officeholders would not have to step down before 2002, but eventually the restriction would profoundly reshape city politics.

Sugar Land's city council is officially non-partisan; all of its current elected officeholders are endorsed Republicans.