In 2010 she also became the first left-wing politician to be elected as mayor of the capital.
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Wyre Forest MP Richard Taylor is the only current member of Parliament to be elected as an Independent.
One freshman member of the 106th Congress has yet to be elected as a result of Gingrich's decision.
Mr Surl is one of four people hoping to be elected as Gloucestershire's police and crime commissioner on 15 November.
To that list, some would add Lucio Gutierrez, a nationalist colonel (and former coup-leader) who is likely to be elected as Ecuador's president this month.
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Rove appeared at the convention as a favor to former state Senate Minority Leader Jim Brulte, a longtime friend who was expected to be elected as the state party's new chairman on Sunday.
And Mr William Hague is not going to be elected as prime minister of this country, and therefore the Labour Party's support, which is not huge but substantial, is solidified by the way the Tory Party are behaving.
Besides, the very sages who say on Monday that the Tories cannot hope to be re-elected as the party of scepticism alone have a habit of saying on Tuesday that the Tories cannot hope to be re-elected as the party of tax-cutting alone.
Angela Merkel, who looks likely to be re-elected as chancellor, would prefer to govern with the liberal FDP.
Liam Fox: No, and I think it's just as ridiculous to say that you should be elected because of one background, as for people to say, you shouldn't be elected because you come from another background.
He is the first openly gay male to be elected to Congress as a freshman.
Hastert says he expects to be re-elected as speaker if the Republicans keep control of the House.
They will then say on Wednesday that the Tories cannot hope to be re-elected as the party of law and order alone.
Frau Europe - Angela Merkel - is almost certain to be re-elected as German chancellor in September, although it may make her even more cautious in the short term.
To be re-elected as first minister along with the nationalist SDLP's Mark Durkan as deputy first minister, Mr Trimble will have to gain a majority of support within both the unionist and nationalist blocs in the assembly.
Annaly has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) and is therefore required to distribute at least 90% of taxable earnings to its shareholders on an annual basis.
Thus the upper house, be it akin to the Lords, Senate or Bundesrat, would not be able to challenge the Commons as to supremacy but it would still be a democratically elected chamber.
Next year, it seems likely that Alex Maskey, the first Sinn Fein member to be elected to Belfast City Council after the party dropped its policy of abstention in 1981, could be elected as the city's lord mayor.
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The affair also led to the resignation of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and left Sepp Blatter to be elected unopposed for a fourth term as FIFA president.
Second, the 1992 elections saw an unusually high number of open seats, and women are just as likely as men to be elected in an open race, Ms Hawkesworth says.
The AKP's internal constitution was amended during the party congress to allow parliamentarians who have already served three terms -- such as Erdogan -- to be re-elected after sitting out an election cycle.
All this leads to one unmistakable destination: Bush will be elected as the 43rd president of the United States when the Florida recount is finished.
Mr. PROENCA: Why should a president who's certain to be re-elected, if things go as they are, change things as they are by addressing such an explosive issue?
In the spirit of "a crisis is a terrible thing to waste, " catastrophic disasters like Superstorm Sandy should be seen as teachable moments to better prepare the general public and elected officials for what is inevitable: the next storm.
Edward Kennedy is likely to be elected to his seventh term in the Senate as he faces token opposition from Republican Jack E.
We prohibit government officials from trading cash for favors because we want our government to be exclusively loyal to the interests of the general public as reflected by our laws and elected officials.
So we have the first pope to be elected from the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, who were founded by Ignatius of Loyola in the 16th century while Catholicism reeled from Protestant challenges.
President Obama will have to consult union chiefs as he governs--unless he harbors no ambition to be re-elected four years from now.
The "rebel countess" was the first woman to be elected to the Commons, in 1918 - but as a Sinn Fein candidate she didn't take her seat and became a TD in the first Dail, instead.
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