: a member of the GOP

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Republicans are set to control 53 Senate seats next year, meaning Kennedy could draw opposition from a few GOPers and still be confirmed. Stef W. Kight, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024 Cruz is far from the only Texas GOPer to be put on the spot, particularly after many have leaned into the false narrative that an overreliance on wind energy is chiefly to blame for the outages. Tom Benning, Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2021

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First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of GOPer was in 1951

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“GOPer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GOPer. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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