Angela Hoffman Becomes First Female Bevakare!

Jageran Labour Party Candidate Wins Bevakare Selection!

Anfang - History has been made in Jagera as the first woman has been selected for the country's top position. After the counting of the votes on Saturday, Angela Hoffman, Labour Party Candidate, had a solid lead of 102 votes to the 91 of her closest competitor to become Bevakare for the next period.

The decision was made following a historic day of elections Saturday, where the Landsråd, Auxiliråd, and Bevakare were all up for vote; a phenomenon that only occurs every sixty years, and coincides with the 360th anniversary of the founding of a Unified Jagera.

Earlier in the day, voting for the Auxiliråd returned an upset when the strong Jageran Green Party, with a plurality of seats, fell to third place, while the Commonwealth Party surged from last to first place in seat allocations. Political analysts suspect recent events such as the Jontadain Civil War and the Exordium Crisis, in which the Commonwealth Party took the strongest stance, had a great influence on the vote. The final tally for seats (with change following in parentheses) was: Labour Party 41 (-10), FDP 22 (-18), Commonwealth Party 43 (+33), Green Party 37 (-15), SDP 37 (+6).

Meanwhile, in the Landsråd, the strong Labour Party also fell from first to third in seat count, while the Green Party moved from third to first. Pundits feel the continuing interchange of members between the two parties moved in the Green Party's favour in this instance. Final tallies of seats (with the previous holdings following in parentheses) were: Labour Party 15 (-11), FDP 17 (+0), Commonwealth Party 9 (+0), Green Party 23 (+10), SDP 14 (+1).

Once all the members were elected, votes were cast for Bevakare. The vote tallies for each candidate were:

• Angela Hoffman (Labour): 103
• Helmut Erdahl (Green): 91
• Nils Hjalmasson (FDP): 84
• Philipa Karlsson (Commonwealth):61

Upon hearing the announcement of results, Hoffman stated, "This is a great day for Jageran workers everywhere, Jageran women everywhere, and Jagerans everywhere! Now we must work at improving our people, our country, and our region."

Hoffman has stated she will keep her birth name as regnal name, making her Bevakare Angela. The new Bevakare will lead a joint session of the Råden on Monday to introduce Jagera to their new government and to make selection of the new ministers of the Valmöte.