elected

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Jane Dodds, the only Lib Dem elected five years ago, said no single party will have a majority when votes are counted using a new, more proportional electoral system.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Perez-Oliva was also elected to the National Assembly -- a prerequisite to becoming president.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“I think this brings up the question as to whether Spencer Pratt can satisfy the residency requirement required under the charter to be elected mayor,” said Jessica Levinson, professor of law at Loyola Marymount University.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The country’s first, Thomas Jefferson, used the office as a launchpad to get elected vice president and then president.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

As Calvinists, the Pilgrims and the Puritans thought, although they could never be certain, that they were among the elected few their god had chosen for salvation.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz