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Bob Goodlatte is a former congressman from Virginia and a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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Richard Salgado, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
An American Airlines regional jet with a congressman on board made an emergency landing and evacuated on the tarmac on Friday after smoke was reported in the cabin moments before landing.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
On April 12, former congressman Swalwell, 45, suspended his campaign for governor of California after multiple women accused him of inappropriate behavior ranging from sending lewd, unwanted messages to drugging, raping and choking them.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Gary Franks served three terms as a congressman from Connecticut’s 5th District.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
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Richard Salgado, Washington Post, 15 May 2026
An American Airlines regional jet with a congressman on board made an emergency landing and evacuated on the tarmac on Friday after smoke was reported in the cabin moments before landing.
—Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 15 May 2026
On April 12, former congressman Swalwell, 45, suspended his campaign for governor of California after multiple women accused him of inappropriate behavior ranging from sending lewd, unwanted messages to drugging, raping and choking them.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Gary Franks served three terms as a congressman from Connecticut’s 5th District.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congressman
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The video, which was obtained in October by Politico, showed Porter erupting at a staff member who appeared in the background of a prerecorded Zoom call between the former congresswoman and then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Billionaire hedge fund founder Tom Steyer and former Orange County congresswoman Katie Porter have been touting single-payer healthcare, an idea pushed by politically potent nurses unions and Democratic progressives.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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If Cornyn loses his primary, that’s three GOP senators with nothing to lose in a 53-seat majority.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
19 May 2026
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Between January and November of last year, 261 DACA recipients were arrested by ICE and 86 were removed from the country for failing to have legal status, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told senators earlier this year.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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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
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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
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“Congressman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congressman. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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