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congressman

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Recent Examples of congressman Peltola’s father was a Republican, and her mother was a supporter of the longtime Republican congressman Don Young. — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026 Machado thanked the congressman for backing Venezuela’s political prisoners. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 But few, if any, other prominent Illinois Democrats publicly criticized the congressman or the candidate over the race’s controversial start. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, and Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman, are locked in a close race for the pivotal seat. — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for congressman

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Perhaps the most important thing to know about Alaska’s Senate race, a close contest between the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and the former congresswoman Mary Peltola, is that salmon are pretty amazing fish.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Jackson, 58, is scheduled to campaign Thursday in Portland with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive congresswoman from New York.

— Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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The provisions included in the legislation named for the late senator aimed to weaken Russia's ability to fund its war against Ukraine by cutting billions from its export revenue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Marshall and Hamilton in tight race National Republicans are hoping to rally the state’s conservative voters around Marshall in a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since the 1930s.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026

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According to Tommy John Schiavoni, the Democratic state assemblyman whose district includes Southampton, local views on the signage are mixed.

— Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
On the right, wearing a gray suit and black shirt, is an obscure New York state assemblyman named Zohran Mamdani.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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