assemblyman

noun

Definition of assemblymannext
as in legislator

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Recent Examples of assemblyman Bores, an Upper East Side assemblyman, outpaced Lasher, who represents the Upper West Side, by a similar margin in the same period, while Kennedy scion Jack Schlossberg raised about $600,000. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 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 Among the Bay Area residents in the race are San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan; California’s superintendent of public instruction, Tony Thurmond, a former East Bay assemblyman; and billionaire investor Tom Steyer, a San Francisco resident. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 4 May 2026 Hoover, who lives in Folsom, served as chief of staff to Kevin Kiley during the now-congressman’s tenure as a state assemblyman, which ended in 2022. — Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assemblyman
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  1. legislator
  2. assemblywoman
  3. lawmaker
  4. congressman
Noun
  • Maye Quade said she’s seen estimates that Big Tech has committed more than $100 million to super PACs to unseat state legislators across the country, on both sides of the aisle, who want to regulate AI.
    — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In South Carolina and Virginia, legislators pick the justices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of legislator
Noun
  • Gonzalez-Rojas is a Queens assemblywoman.
    — Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, New York Daily News, 4 June 2026
  • The high-profile contest for the South County seat pits Foley, a Democrat, against Dixon, a Republican assemblywoman.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Definition of assemblywoman
Noun
  • In July, over 250 former lawmakers, clerics, professors and other public figures signed an anti-war petition warning of the costs of the conflict.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • With the regular session over, lawmakers have two avenues to appropriate state funding.
    — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of lawmaker
Noun
  • The California congressman left the GOP in March to become an independent.
    — Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 27 July 2026
  • As Missouri lawmakers prepared to vote on a plan to gerrymander Cleaver out of his district last year, the longtime congressman gave an impassioned speech condemning the effort.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Definition of congressman

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