elected

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After constitutional amendments removed the requirement that the supreme leader be a "marja", or senior religious authority, the assembly formally elected him as the Islamic republic's second supreme leader in August that year.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

In 2016, she became the de facto leader of a democratically elected government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

California voters have elected Democrats to represent 30 of the 40 seats in the Senate and 60 seats of the 80 seats in the Assembly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

At Delaney Hall, The GEO Group has already denied state and local elected officials access.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

Throughout Adams’s presidency, she claimed, Jefferson had used his position as vice president to undermine the policies of the very man he had been elected to support.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis