elected

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The SNP's Stephen Gethins was elected to the seat that year, but stood down in May this year following his election to the Scottish parliament as the MSP for Dundee City East.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Henry Vane the Younger fled to America from England in 1635 and was elected, at age 23, as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He could make history as the state’s first elected Latino governor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Whoever is elected will be the ninth president in a decade.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

C. C. Spaulding, head of the Mutual, was elected the DCNA’s first president.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson