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Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed in the June 2025 attacks, prompting legislators all over the country to reexamine privacy laws for elected officials and political figures at large.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Gautam Mukhopadhaya, another former Indian ambassador to Myanmar, said Min Aung Hlaing "is trying to acquire greater regional and international respectability as an elected president".

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Also, how do you see yourself addressing this anti-war, pro-peace facet of your work should you be elected to the state senate?

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

That may not save Perry and his colleagues, said Curtis, who predicted that “they probably won’t run again—I think people fully expect those county commissioners will never be elected again.”

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

When George Washington was elected the first president and took office in New York in 1789, John Adams became vice president and Jefferson was named the first secretary of state.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis