McCain is a four-term Arizona senator, Obama a first-termer from Illinois.
When the count of the new House of Representatives was completed last week, seven-termer Bertrand Gearhart was at the bottom of the wreckage of 75 Republican seats.
His conduct is constantly under more careful scrutiny than the termer because it has so much more bearing upon his eventual release than is true to the termer.
Canedys in, Cotes out Two more town council incumbents have announced their intentions for re-election. Precinct 1’s Ann Canedy will run for another term, Precinct 5’s first-termer James Cote will not.
June 21, 2013 - The Barnstable Patriot
Mark Kirk in Politico (blog) We are on the way to making this guy a one-termer,Kirk said of Obama at a Republican dinner in Winnetka, according to audio obtained by POLITICO.
Kellyanne Conway in Times of India Many of these women intuit that whoever wins this election will be a one-termer, but it may also be a function of the (feeling that) hope springs eternal,Conway said.
Barack Obama in BusinessWeek ...made the comment about the legislation at a private function in suburban Chicago on March 12, when he also referred to Obama by saying Republicans are "on the way to making this guy a one-termer."