senator
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Democrat Scott Colom has made history with his US Senate race win, becoming Mississippi's first black senator since the 19th Century.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Among them was astronaut-turned-U.S. senator Mark Kelly, for whom Endeavour holds sentimental significance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
And then there’s the question of the kind of senator he will turn out to be.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
But this year, that pattern was shattered as Methodist megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton in Kansas and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico in Texas won in deeply conservative states that hadn't elected a Democratic senator in decades.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Back in spring, when I was in the fifth grade, just months before he, like his brother, was assassinated, Big Ma put on a church outfit to hear the senator speak.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
In 1870 U.S. senators were still chosen by state legislatures; direct elections would not come until 1913, with the ratification of the 17th Amendment.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
The senators calculate that this would cover about 75% of the Social Security’s projected funding shortfall over the next 75 years.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 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
Fry’s rooms were in the west wing of the building, not very far from where the senators and representatives met.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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