election
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The party set out a plan for the first 100 days ahead of the election, which it said showed how serious it was about governing.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Replacing Trudeau as leader of his party and the government in March 2025, he won a general election a month later, to everyone's surprise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mail ballots for the midterms are scheduled to start going out to voters as soon as next week, 60 days before the Nov. 3 election.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
By then, mail-in-ballots will likely be mailed or ready to be mailed: federal law requires ballots for overseas and military voters to go out 45 days before the election.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
“I call it the madman theory,” Nixon had explained to his aide Bob Haldeman during a walk on the beach before the election.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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When Americans vote in November's midterm elections, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives will be on the ballot, but in much of the country the result is barely in doubt.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
That gives Tehran an obvious date to watch, but relying on American elections is a gamble.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The sector has faced rising costs of capital this summer as Treasury yields touched two-decade highs, and growing pushback from communities on new data centers ahead of the midterm elections in November.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
With so many issues left unresolved, the matter will likely return to the justices again before midterm elections on Nov. 3.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The country was getting ready for the Presidential elections.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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