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congressman

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Recent Examples of congressman Elijah’s win over Mills in the primary means Dalton’s path to victory in November has narrowed, as Democrats were likely banking on the congressman’s various scandals turning off some moderate and Republican voters, MacManus said. — Annie Martin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026 The other is a former Republican congressman turned Democrat who promises to hit pause on the construction of new data centers. — Kairi Lowery, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 Kito showed Becerra a picture of the then-congressman swearing him in as a neighborhood council president more than a decade ago. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The News Another Republican congressman got tossed out by his party. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for congressman

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On Sunday, the New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez uploaded a video to her Instagram stories.

— Anna Russell, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026
Tlaib is also a prominent critic of Israel; her rhetoric has been chastised by Jewish colleagues as an antisemitic call for eradicating Jews, a charge the congresswoman and her supporters reject.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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The state senator from Greenwich says Lamont has been too loose with state budget policies and should have generated even more savings to ease Connecticut’s debt burdens.

— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
Mark Warner, the current Virginia senator, ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Republican John Warner.

— Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026

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Lancman, a former assemblyman, is the Democratic candidate for a Long Island state Senate seat.

— Rory Lancman, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
Now, that assemblyman is the most powerful Democrat in America’s most powerful city, who, on Tuesday, went three for three in congressional endorsements.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 June 2026

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