first selectman
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He was being challenged by Republican Jayme Stevenson, an abortion rights supporter who served more than a decade as Darien’s first selectman.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022
“It’s been done before, and every situation that’s out there ends with negative consequences,” Rudy Marconi, first selectman of Ridgefield, Conn., said this week, via the Ridgefield Press.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2019
I don’t remember what happened to them, and the first selectman and some people were standing there, and I said, “What happened?”
From Slate • Sep. 20, 2018
Congdon, the Preston first selectman, said he’s disappointed nobody has come forward to succeed him.
From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2017
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"I haven't been into this port for some time, Captain Candage, but the last trip I made here, as I remember, a man named Rowley, who runs the general store, was first selectman."
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman