legislator
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But opposition from the state government and members of the city council apparently led the insurgent former state legislator to pursue other measures to help plug New York's budget deficit that reached around $12 billion.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
Bill Essayli, a former state legislator who leads the federal prosecutor’s office in Los Angeles, joined the raid along with a Fox News crew.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026
Recent polls have Mr. Barr, a respected legislator who flipped a Democratic seat in 2012, leading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Any legislator with a shred of dignity would have at least requested a full accounting of the reasons for going to war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
My husband was, in all of this, a complete nobody—a humble state legislator who’d never stood before a crowd like the one of fifteen thousand or more that would be gathered in Boston.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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