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a member of a senate or the U.S. Senate
Republican senators a former senator Senator Inouye
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a member of a senate or the U.S. Senate
Republican senators a former senator Senator Inouye
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Recent Examples of senator
Bracey Harris, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Bethel was also previously a GOP state senator before being appointed to the bench.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
In 2023, senators assailed Ticketmaster, which is owned by Live Nation Entertainment, for its lack of transparency and inability to block bots from purchasing tickets on behalf of scalpers.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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State senators in Louisiana have also passed legislation that would result in the loss of one of the state’s two majority-minority districts.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 19 May 2026
Bethel was also previously a GOP state senator before being appointed to the bench.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 May 2026
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Weldon said at the time that he’d been told not enough senators were willing to vote for him.
—Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
In 2023, senators assailed Ticketmaster, which is owned by Live Nation Entertainment, for its lack of transparency and inability to block bots from purchasing tickets on behalf of scalpers.
—Noe Padilla, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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Collins’s main competitors are Derek Dooley, the former head coach of the football programs at Louisiana Tech and the University of Tennessee, and Buddy Carter, another Georgia congressman.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Brian Kemp, the two-term Republican governor of Georgia who turned down calls to run for the Senate seat himself this year, is supporting neither congressman.—
Halle Troadec,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
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This could result in a loss of nearly a third of the Congressional Black Caucus, along with roughly 200 Black state legislators all across the South.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Other states don't need their legislators to create a state ballot measure.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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The weeks after the May Revision are some of the busiest in the Legislature, as advocates and legislators jockey to get money behind their priorities, and the Big Three work to reach an agreement.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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California legislators are considering a bill that would overhaul management of 14 state demonstration forests, shifting priorities away from commercial logging.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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“Senator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senator. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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