election
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On Tuesday, Paul Boggs was named Sinn Féin's new West Tyrone MLA after Maoliosa McHugh - who'd already said he wouldn't run in the next election - decided to call it quits.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
That’s the party’s strongest showing to date in a state election, and a 23 percentage-point gain from five years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
As the 2024 presidential election approached, Mallebranche shifted her focus to prediction markets, placing wagers that better aligned with her passion for politics and sports and gave her more confidence in her betting strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Reform UK is promising to increase the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000, if it wins the next general election.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
But there was no denying that Jefferson had mortgaged his honor to win an election.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Free and fair elections are foundational to our representative democracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Offord led Reform to a breakthrough in the Scottish Parliament elections in May, securing 17 MSPs to make them the joint second largest party in Holyrood.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Argentina’s defeat helped trigger the fall of the military dictatorship and return to democratic elections in 1983.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A US lobbying firm working for a Nigerian opposition leader said one of its top employees was appointed to a White House commission, ahead of presidential elections in Africa's most populous country.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The SRC elections were held in the final term of the year, while we were in the midst of examination preparations.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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