elected

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This tale of two high streets will be one of the issues facing the person elected to Westminster to represent the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry constituency next week.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

Later, John Palmer, the half-Sioux lawyer, sent a letter to Charles Curtis, a U.S. senator from Kansas; part-Kaw, part-Osage, Curtis was then the highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann