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assemblyman

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Definition of assemblyman

as in legislator

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Recent Examples of assemblyman The 35-year-old assemblyman had entered the race facing a steep challenge against Lasher, long viewed as the protégé of the district’s retiring Congressman Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and backed by a super PAC run by former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg. — Tina Nguyen, The Verge, 24 June 2026 Micah Lasher narrowly defeated his fellow assemblyman Alex Bores in the open race for the Democratic nomination in the 12th District. — Alex Lemonides, New York Times, 24 June 2026 Bores, 35, is a New York state assemblyman who co-sponsored the state's Responsible AI Safety and Education Act, legislation that requires AI companies to report safety incidents and publish information on their safeguards. — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 22 June 2026 The thirty-five-year-old New York State assemblyman Alex Bores, a candidate in the pullulating Democratic primary for New York’s Twelfth Congressional District, opted instead to enlist a chatbot. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for assemblyman

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For the governor, comptroller and legislators, again, what is your definition of investing?

— Sheila Weinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026
In 1992, Meek would become one of the first Black legislators to represent Florida in Congress since Reconstruction after the Florida Legislature redrew districts.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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New York assemblywoman Emily Gallagher, a democratic socialist, spoke at a rally on Thursday protesting against jailing people who steal items, such as personal care products, as a result of living in poverty.

— Emily Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
Sugar confronts her at a ceremonial funeral for the unknown deceased, a fittingly dramatic setting for our guy to have the final word as FBI agents roll up on the assemblywoman.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of assemblywoman

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As a result, even a handful of lawmakers on either side will continue to have outsized power over the chamber's day-to-day operations — a dynamic that will continue to pose complex problems for congressional leaders.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026
In the meantime, organizations like the Plant A Million Corals Foundation are charging ahead with their plans, hoping that lawmakers will restore their funding soon.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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Our one scene in the Sampson camp this week finds the congressman’s wife, Elspeth, warning him that having embraced Major Reacher, who is now a fugitive, in front of the press is a crisis that could tank his presidential aspirations.

— Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Lawmakers voted 413-2 last night to censure the North Carolina congressman.

— Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

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