elected
chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
the elected. elect (def. 10).
a politician, officer, or official who has been chosen by vote: Volunteer readers include published authors and local electeds who care deeply about the future of our libraries.
Origin of elected
1Other words from elected
- self-e·lect·ed, adjective
- un·e·lect·ed, adjective
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How to use elected in a sentence
The state, not local electeds, will ultimately decide whether county drivers somehow pay for how much they drive – and the official in charge of all transportation says it’s coming, like it or not.
Politics Report: State’s Top Transpo Official Says Mileage Fee Is ‘Inevitable’ | Andrew Keatts | August 20, 2022 | Voice of San Diego“If you’re elected in the year 2026 … the implementation plan for 2026 would spell out for new electeds what you’re supposed to be doing this year on climate,” Capretz said.
San Diego’s Top Climate Activists Want City to Walk From Climate Action Plan | MacKenzie Elmer | June 30, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoAll of that is the hard work that we all have to do as electeds.
North County Report: Blakespear Lays Out SANDAG Goals | Kayla Jimenez | December 10, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAt the time (and until 1913), U.S. senators were not popularly elected but were selected by the state legislature.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate | Philip Dray | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn contrast, Boehner's leadership team filed into his ceremonial office and greeted the teary newly-elected Speaker with hugs.
Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup | Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
The state also elected Republican Nikki Haley, an Indian-American, as governor.
Steve Scalise Shows There’s a Fine Line Between Confederate & Southern | Lloyd Green | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen our elected representatives assume their respective offices, they take an oath to “protect and defend the Constitution.”
Are Police Stealing People’s Property? | Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Fossella was first elected to Congress in 1997 at age 32, Molinari was described as his political godfather.
Will Dirty Pol Vito Fossella Replace Dirty Pol Michael Grimm? | David Freedlander | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe looked up from his fish and replied, somewhat cuttingly, "By contesting a borough and getting elected."
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonLannes enlisted in the second battalion of the volunteers of Gers, and was at once elected sub-lieutenant by his fellow-citizens.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonThose who were in office more than four years were re-elected for a second term.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)John Hancock elected president of congress; he succeeded Peyton Randolph in that office.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIf these gentlemen had thought to avoid slippery ground, they should have elected to appoint the meeting elsewhere.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
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