senator
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In 1998 he became the state senator for the 26th District representing communities such as Hancock Park, Hollywood and Silver Lake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
And then there’s the question of the kind of senator he will turn out to be.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
It is a historic result in the deeply conservative southern state that last sent a Democrat to the US Senate in 1982, and had not seated a black senator since 1875.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Colom is set to become the first Democratic senator from Mississippi in nearly 40 years, and first Black senator from the state since the Reconstruction era after the Civil War.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Still, William B. Pine—a U.S. senator from Oklahoma who was a wealthy oilman and had defended the guardianship system—began to lobby government officials for White and his men to be fired from the bureau.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Upon arriving in Washington, Revels found his credentials challenged by Democratic senators from Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
That’s because newly elected senators will still be in office in 2032, when the program’s trust fund is expected to start running short of money to fully cover benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The Senate then holds a trial, with two-thirds of senators present needed to convict and remove the official.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Peña's impeachment passed with 44 out of 45 senators voting in favour of it.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
Washington, DC, where she’ll spend three days meeting her senators and the members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, thanks to Olivia.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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