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This lesson serves as both warning and promise: What we reward when we elect is what grows.

From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026

Voters in Israel go to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new parliament; a week later, voters in the United States will elect a new Congress.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Of course I’m talking about Fat Bear Week, the annual event in which people elect — well, yes, the fattest bear.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

In November, voters in 26 states will elect a secretary of state, choosing the officials who will oversee the 2028 presidential race throughout most of the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

There are answers to these questions, but they are difficult to swallow when millions of Americans have displayed a willingness to elect a black man president of the United States.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The second person takes the shares out in kind and elects net unrealized appreciation treatment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

It’s one thing when a business elects to lock its doors, as Chick-fil-A does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Each Texas county elects its own slate of local officials, which is why state law requires voters to register where they live.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

During the recent elections across England and Wales, Labour lost control of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council, which elects a third of its councillors over four years.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Decides he must be close to ocean and elects to try and work way through swamp to sea.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

In March, the firm elected private-equity partner Ramona Nee to take over leadership in January 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Lula is a longtime labor activist and co-founder of the left-wing Workers’ Party, who ran losing campaigns for president three times before being elected in 2002 and reelected in 2006.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026

Even so, homelessness in Raman’s district dropped by 49% this year, and the candidate says that if elected she aims to deliver those same results citywide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The historic result hands Lula, already the longest-serving democratically elected leader in Latin America's largest country, an unprecedented fourth term.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

In 1605, Bellarmine would almost certainly have been elected Pope, but declined to offer himself as a candidate, preferring to be the power behind the throne.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

In 2026, your mother can contribute up to $95,000 in one go by electing to front-load five years of annual gift-tax exclusions.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

They were also electing 226 seats in parliament.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

"They got a big win electing Mamdani mayor of New York City, but also, it's New York City," said Adrian Hemond, a political strategist in Michigan.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

The endorsement may come with some financial support, with the group saying it has raised some $25 million to fund its goal of electing more doctors and nurses to office between now and 2030.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

About twenty women met and formed the Mothers’ Club, electing a young mother named Joyce Thorpe president of the group.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson