Voted into office (7)
I believe the answer is:
elected
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">voted into office</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for elected that I've seen before include "In a position" , "Selected by a vote" , "Chose by poll" , "made a choice" , "Chosen for office" .)