In a video statement left for posthumous broadcast, he emphasized with every pronoun he chose that he had abandoned British identity for service in an enemy army: "Your democratically elected governments continuously perpetuate atrocities against my people all over the world.
And, despite dissent and defection (and with a functioning opposition) Sánchez Gordillo has been continuously – and overwelmingly – elected as its mayor.
A U.S. Congressman from 1953 through 1974, he joined the Botanical Garden's Board in 1977, was an active member of the Horticulture Committee, and served continuously until he was elected a Board Member Emeritus in 1998.
Given Rauner's purported distaste for career politicians he would never of course support someone like Mitch McConnell who has been in Washington continuously since first being elected in 1984, right?
In 1844 he was elected to the state senate, where he served continuously until he was chosen as the Whig Party nominee for lieutenant governor on a ticket with John J. Crittenden, famous for the Crittenden Compromise.
Elected to the Knesset in 1949, he served almost continuously until 1990, distinguishing himself on parliamentary committees and as a passionate campaigner for Palestinian rights.
Elected governor at this opportune time and serving almost continuously (1817 23, 1825 28) until his death, he was in an advantageous position to oversee the entire project.
The current mayor of Ashdod, Yehiel Lasri, was last elected in 2008 after Zvi Zilker has been in office continuously since 1989.
He was elected to Congress on the Republican ticket in 1877 and served continuously until the end of the century.
In 1848, the year of revolutionary upheavals in Europe, he was elected deputy to the first Piedmontese Parliament, a position he held continuously until his death.
