The phrase "attain office" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of achieving a position in a government or organizational role, typically through election or appointment.
Example: "After years of campaigning, she was finally able to attain office and serve her community."
Alternatives: "take office" or "assume office".
Political and moral corruption now seems an unspoken prerequisite to attain office in Africa, insidiously weaving its way into Africa's cultural fabric.
Had this been George Bush or almost any other President or Presidential aspirant, they would never have been allowed to attain office, or would have been thrown out of office very quickly.
In both societies, some might argue that the tipping point is easy to identify: that it will come when climate change is a big enough electoral issue that leaders are prepared to take on powerful business lobbying once they actually attain office.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier who has repeatedly tried ― and failed ― to attain office, is the only candidate seeking the GOP nod for the seat in the heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier who has repeatedly tried ― and failed ― to attain office, is the only candidate seeking the GOP nod for the seat in the heavily Democratic 3rd Congressional District.
Statewide parties may respond to this threat by strategically adopting positions on decentralization in order to maximize their share of the vote and to attain office, rather than out of ideological considerations.
Many women who attained office in this way coöperated fully.
Ministers campaigned for this before they attained office, but once in power rejected it.
Tony Blair was always the most mysterious of Britain's prime ministers, largely because, before he became Labour leader, he had never, unless you count assistant secretary of a Labour party branch, attained office of any kind, not even school prefect.
("He kept us out of war" was a favoured slogan.) His attempts to court African American voters, to whom he had promised a "fair deal" in 1912 before endorsing segregation after attaining office, were nominal at best.
In the past, conservatives attained office espousing small-government politics only to see those principles subverted by political realities that led them, time and again, to enlarge the government they fervently meant to starve.
