governor
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In a speech in February, Fed governor Christopher Waller put it more colorfully: “You don’t want banks every night … digging around the couch cushions looking for money. That is massively inefficient, stupid.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Mejia defeated Republican Joe Hathaway and will complete the congressional term of fellow Democrat Mikie Sherrill, who was elected governor in November.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
What kind of person, then, thinks they will run for a promotion as substantial as governor of California and keep these secrets contained?
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Miller would serve as a regional governor of various Peruvian territories before returning to London in 1826 to write his memoirs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
As if to demonstrate that his questionable behavior in the presidential crisis of 1801 was no aberration, Burr repeated the pattern in 1804 during the campaign for governor of New York.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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