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Ugarte is a former deputy chief of staff for Price, and Mazariegos is co-director of the L.A. chapter of Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, has been projected to win the governor's race in Georgia, becoming the first black governor and first woman to be elected to the state's highest office.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“They were brothers in arms,” said Alberto Romero, a former high-ranking Colombian intelligence official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Late last month, Andrews received a shocking bipartisan endorsement from two former governors of South Carolina.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
On March 14, 2008, he was invited into the presence of one of the biggest and most famous bullish investors in Wall Street banks, plus that of the illustrious former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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