elected
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Senate, making him the first out gay man elected to the chamber.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, has been projected to win the governor's race in Georgia, becoming the first black governor and first woman to be elected to the state's highest office.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Many of the new duties of the elected office have yet to be worked out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
No South Carolina Democrat had been elected to the Senate since 1998.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
In 1605, Bellarmine would almost certainly have been elected Pope, but declined to offer himself as a candidate, preferring to be the power behind the throne.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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