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Beck is the third newly elected Reform councillor in Merseyside to face questions since polling day.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Dan Schnur, a USC professor and former advisor to Republican politicians in California, said Feldstein Soto’s biggest obstacle might not be her opponents, but voters themselves fed up with elected officials citywide.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Gov. Bill Clements, the first Republican elected to statewide office in Texas since Reconstruction, appointed him to the Trinity River Authority, according to his obituary.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

In 1789 Washington became the first president of the United States and the only one ever elected unanimously.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“The US Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the White House. Did you know that plans for a monument started before Washington was elected president?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas