elected

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Sanders and some other elected officials said they continue to support Platner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Some water utilities are run by elected leaders, others aren’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It was a plan hatched in 2017 by then German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and a freshly elected French President, Emmanuel Macron.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"When platforms stop enforcing their own rules against threats, hate, and harassment, they become complicit in normalizing intimidation and harassment of elected officials," said Imran Ahmed, chief executive of CCDH.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In the fall of 1862, without any campaigning on his part, Garfield was elected.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow