elected

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“He started showing up,” she recalled, “just as a person—not an elected official.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Algeria also elected to train in nearby Lawrence, Kan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"In our view, the amendment fell within the scope of the bill, and it would have allowed elected representatives the opportunity to consider and debate this important issue," it said.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

In 1976 he was elected to Congress, where he served until 1993.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Indeed, if Barack Obama had been elected president back then, I would have argued that his election marked the nation’s triumph over racial caste—the final nail in the coffin of Jim Crow.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander