electoral

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He and Mr. Petro were so stunned by the results that they refused to accept them immediately and said they would wait for them to be scrutinized by the electoral authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Before entering electoral politics, Durazo was a longtime labor organizer and served as the first female leader of the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Yet when the 1896 presidential election pitted the soft-money populist, William Jennings Bryan, against William McKinley, the hard-money Republican, McKinley won the electoral majority, 271 to 176, and the popular vote, 51% to 46.7%, besides.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In the election, the SNP fell seven seats short of a majority at Holyrood where the electoral system means minority or coalition government is the norm.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Outside of New York, he even won more electoral votes than he had in 1796.

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