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human
ELI5: Can a president in the US run twice if they weren't elected the first time?

For example if a president is assassinated and the Vice President gets the position and then runs for president the following term and wins the election, can that person run the term after that since they technically didn't run the first time?
gpt
It's not about how many times you have run, it is about how many terms you have served. You can only serve two terms as president, and in the case of succession, like an assassination, the cutoff for deciding whether or not a term has been completed is two years. If the VP becomes president the day after halfway through the president's term, then it does not count. The day before halfway, and it would.