elected

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On Wednesday, a group of pooh-bahs from college sports—an industry with boundless self-regard but limited ability to agree on anything—met with our elected pooh-bahs in Washington, D.C., who proudly do that for a living.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Have I benefited from that relationship in the time that I've been an elected politician?

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Shaw heads the elected Board of Education for Chino Valley Unified in San Bernardino County, a diverse but substantially conservative inland portion of Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

As in prior years, the pollsters noted, each of the voters’ priority issues for elected officials to address — from cost of living to healthcare to housing — “are all driven by pocketbook concerns.”

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

If I don’t get elected eighth-grade president next year in a landslide, it’ll be a crime against student government.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman