They met and formed their own government in opposition to the elected government of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

John McCarthy is the elected State's Attorney for Montgomery County.

VOA: special.2011.06.24

The prime minister at the time, Mari Alkatiri,blames political rivals for the violence and trying to replace the elected government.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Commodore Bainimarama seized power claiming the elected government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was dishonest and pursuing racist policies against the ethnic Indian minority.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Or is it going to be the elected officials and the appointed officials of that democracy?"

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

Speaking from inside the Brazilian embassy, Mr.Zelaya said he remains the elected president of the country and called on his followers to show their support.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The next year he was one of the first five players to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

VOA: special.2011.03.27

On Tuesday voters in Massachusetts elected a Republican to finish the term of Ted Kennedy who died in August.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

She won easily. She was the first woman and first black to be elected to Congress to represent Texas.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

In New York, Roosevelt made a major speech promising to continue the work of his administration if he was re-elected.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

He served for 8 years in the Illinois state Senate before voters elected him to the United States Senate in 2004.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

He was first elected in 1989 to complete the term of Harold Washington, the city's first black mayor, who died in office.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

Barbara Jordan became the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress to represent Texas.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

MacArthur told Japan it would now be ruled by a parliament that was freely elected by the people.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The next year, Edward Kennedy was elected to the Senate seat formerly held by his brother John.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

"Milk" is about Harvey Milk,the first openly homosexual man elected to public office in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

In eighteen eighty-six, he was elected the lawman or sheriff of Douglas,Arizona, the town near his ranch.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

Glenn became famous. He later was elected to the United States Senate from the state of Ohio.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

Patrick Murray has been an elected member of the school governing board in Bradford,Maine, for four years.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

First,they refused to let many of the recently elected southern congressmen take their seats when Congress opened.

VOA: special.2010.01.21

Some of those leaders, especially senators Henry Clay of Kentucky and Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, believed they could control the newly elected president.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

The president and other political leaders of the United States are elected to office by the citizens.

VOA: special.2009.12.14