elected

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Caterpillar Chief Executive Officer Joe Creed has been elected executive chairman, succeeding D. James Umpleby III who will retire effective April 1.

From The Wall Street Journal

He reached the age of 94 during his second stint, and was the world's oldest elected leader at the time.

From Barron's

“I was elected as a Democratic socialist, and I will govern as a Democratic socialist,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it’s up to elected leaders to know what they’re responding to.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before I retired, my wife and I met with two financial advisers and ultimately elected to go without either one.

From MarketWatch