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Despite the notification to the city’s Police Department, elected city officials said they received no notice about the training until just a few hours before it was set to begin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“I was elected by the people to represent their opinion,” Kevin Andrews, a Hood County commissioner who has lived in the county for two decades, said in an interview.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Makashule Gana, a member of another coalition partner Rise Mzansi, has been elected as chairperson of the impeachment committee.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The last elected president, Pedro Castillo, was ousted in December 2022, about a year-and-a-half into a five-year term.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Unaccustomed to democracy, many Germans had little faith in their president and elected Reichstag.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti