elected

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Now elected, Raimondo becomes Jersey's youngest ever first-time States member.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Before being elected to Congress, Bass served in the California state assembly, where she became the first black woman to serve as a House speaker in any state legislature.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“He started showing up,” she recalled, “just as a person—not an elected official.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Despite the notification to the city’s Police Department, elected city officials said they received no notice about the training until just a few hours before it was set to begin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

President John Kennedy, elected in 1960, increased the number of American soldiers from a few hundred to over sixteen thousand.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin