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| x Barack Obama |
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Barack Obama is the 44th and current President of the United States.
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| x Barbara Boxer |
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Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from California (since 1993). A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1993).
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Boxer...
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| x Robert Foster Bennett |
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Robert Foster "Bob" Bennett (born September 18, 1933) is a lobbyist, a former United States Senator from Utah and a member of the Republican Party. In 2006, Bennett was tapped to serve on the Senate Republican Leadership Team as Counsel to the...
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| x Barbara Lee |
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Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for California's 9th congressional district, serving since 1998. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman to represent that district. Lee was the Chair of the...
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| x Jim McDermott |
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James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott (born December 28, 1936) is the U.S. Representative for Washington's 7th congressional district, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island,...
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| x Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
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Jesse Louis Jackson, Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 2nd congressional district, serving since the special election in 1995. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes the part of the Southland...
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| x Joe Baca |
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Joseph N. "Joe" Baca (born January 23, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for California's 43rd congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, numbered as the 42nd from 1999 to 2003, is located in...
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| x Xavier Becerra |
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Xavier Becerra (English pronunciation: /hɑːviˈɛər bɨˈsɛrə/ "HAH-vee-air"; born January 26, 1958) is the U.S. Representative for California's 31st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is...
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| x Howard Berman |
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Howard Lawrence Berman (born April 15, 1941) is the U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district, serving since 1983. The district, numbered as the 26th District from 1983 to 2003, includes about half of the San Fernando Valley....
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| x Brian Bilbray |
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Brian Phillip Bilbray (born January 28, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for California's 50th congressional district, serving since 2006, and previously for the 49th district from 1995 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. Bilbray is...
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| x Mary Bono Mack |
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Mary Bono Mack (born October 24, 1961) is the U.S. Representative for California's 45th congressional district, and previously the 44th, serving since 1998. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Palm Springs and includes...
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| x Ken Calvert |
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Kenneth Stanton "Ken" Calvert (born June 8, 1953) is the U.S. Representative for California's 44th congressional district, and previously the 43rd, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is part of the Inland Empire...
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| x John Campbell |
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John Bayard Taylor Campbell III (born July 19, 1955) is the U.S. Representative for California's 48th congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Campbell graduated high school...
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| x Lois Capps |
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Lois Capps (born January 10, 1938) is the U.S. Representative for California's 23rd congressional district, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district was numbered as the 22nd District prior to the 2000 round of...
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| x Dennis Cardoza |
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Dennis A. Cardoza (born March 31, 1959) is the U.S. Representative for California's 18th congressional district, serving since 2003. The district takes in a large swath of the Central Valley, from Stockton to Fresno. He is a member of the Democratic...
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| x Jim Costa |
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James Manuel "Jim" Costa (born April 13, 1952) is the U.S. Representative for California's 20th congressional district, serving since his initial election in 2004. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district takes in large and predominantly...
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| x Susan Davis |
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Susan Carol Alpert Davis (born April 13, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for California's 53rd congressional district, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes just under half the city of San Diego, as well...
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| x David Dreier |
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David Timothy Dreier (born July 5, 1952) is the U.S. Representative for California's 26th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1981. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Dreier was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, where his...
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| x Anna Eshoo |
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Anna Georges Eshoo (born December 13, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district, serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which includes part of Silicon Valley, includes the...
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| x Sam Farr |
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Samuel S. "Sam" Farr (born July 4, 1941) is the U.S. Representative for California's 17th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to Congress in a 1993 special election when longtime...
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| x Bob Filner |
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Robert Earl "Bob" Filner (born September 4, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for California's 51st congressional district, and previously the 50th, serving since 1993, and was Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 2007-2011. He is a...
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| x Elton Gallegly |
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Elton William Gallegly (born March 7, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for California's 24th congressional district, and previously the 23rd and 21st, serving in Congress since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party. Gallegly announced on...
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| x Jane Harman |
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Jane Margaret Lakes Harman (born June 28, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for California's 36th congressional district, serving from 1993 to 1999, and from 2001 to 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
She resigned from Congress in...
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| x Wally Herger |
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Walter William "Wally" Herger, Jr. (born May 20, 1945), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, representing California's 2nd congressional district, the largest congressional...
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| x Mike Honda |
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Michael Makoto "Mike" Honda (Japanese: 本田実) (born June 27, 1941) is an American Democratic Party politician. He currently serves as the U.S. Representative for California's 15th congressional district, encompassing western San Jose and Silicon...
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| x Duncan D. Hunter |
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Duncan Duane Hunter (born December 7, 1976) is the U.S. Representative for California's 52nd congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is the son of his predecessor Duncan Hunter. Hunter's district is...
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| x Darrell Issa |
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Darrell Edward Issa (Arabic: عيسى pronounced /ˈaɪsə/; born November 1, 1953) is the U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was formerly a CEO of Directed...
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| x Jerry Lewis |
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Charles Jeremy "Jerry" Lewis (born October 21, 1934), has been the U.S. Representative for California's 41st congressional district since 2003. He was first elected to Congress in 1978, and previously represented the 40th, 35th, and 37th districts....
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| x Zoe Lofgren |
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Zoe Lofgren (born December 21, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for California's 16th congressional district, serving since 1995. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is based in San Jose. On December 15, 2011, she was declared "a...
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| x Dan Lungren |
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Daniel Edward "Dan" Lungren (born September 22, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for California's 3rd congressional district, serving since 2005. The district covers most of Sacramento County and part of Solano County, as well as all of Alpine,...
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| x Doris Matsui |
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Doris Okada Matsui (born September 25, 1944) is the U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district, serving since 2005. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district consists of the city of Sacramento and the surrounding...
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| x Kevin McCarthy |
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Kevin McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is the Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives, having served in that position since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Congressman for California's 22nd congressional...
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| x Tom McClintock |
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Thomas Miller McClintock II (born July 10, 1956) is the U.S. Representative for California's 4th congressional district, serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former Assemblyman and state Senator. McClintock ran...
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| x Howard McKeon |
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Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon (born September 9, 1938) is the U.S. Representative for California's 25th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Born in...
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| x Jerry McNerney |
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Gerald "Jerry" McNerney, PhD (born June 18, 1951) is an engineer, energy specialist, and the U.S. Representative for California's 11th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes parts of...
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| x Gary Miller |
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Gary Gene Miller (born October 16, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for California's 42nd congressional district, and previously the 41st, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Miller was born in Huntsville, Arkansas, attended...
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| x George Miller |
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George Miller III (born May 17, 1945) is the U.S. Representative for California's 7th congressional district, serving since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. From 2007 through 2010, Miller served as chairman of the Education and Labor...
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| x Grace Napolitano |
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Graciela Flores Napolitano (born December 4, 1936) is the U.S. Representative for California's 38th congressional district, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She previously served in the California State Assembly and the...
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| x Devin Nunes |
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Devin Nunes (born October 1, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for California's 21st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, located in the San Joaquin Valley, includes all of Tulare County,...
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| x Nancy Pelosi |
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Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi ( /pəˈloʊsi/; born March 26, 1940) is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She was the...
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| x George Radanovich |
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George Purdy Radanovich (born June 20, 1955) is a former U.S. Representative for California's 19th congressional district, serving from 1995 to 2011. The district includes most of northern Fresno, as well as several rural areas northeast of the city...
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| x Laura Richardson |
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Laura Richardson (born April 14, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for California's 37th congressional district, serving since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses the inland section of Long Beach, Carson, Compton...
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| x Dana Rohrabacher |
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Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher (born June 21, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for California's 46th congressional district, and previously the 45th and 42nd, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Republican Party. Rohrabacher's district covers the...
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| x Lucille Roybal-Allard |
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Lucille Roybal-Allard (born June 12, 1941) is the U.S. Representative for California's 34th congressional district, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes downtown Los Angeles.
She was born in Boyle...
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| x Ed Royce |
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Edward Randall "Ed" Royce (born October 12, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for California's 40th congressional district, and previously the 39th, serving in Congress since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district lies in northern...
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| x Linda Sánchez |
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Linda T. Sánchez (born January 28, 1969) is the U.S. Representative for California's 39th congressional district, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Sánchez was born in Orange, California and grew up with six siblings,...
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| x Loretta Sanchez |
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Loretta Sanchez (born January 7, 1960) is the U.S. Representative for California's 47th congressional district, and previously the 46th, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Democratic Party, and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. The...
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| x Adam Schiff |
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Adam Bennett Schiff (born June 22, 1960) is the U.S. Representative for California's 29th congressional district. He has served in Congress since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district, which was numbered as the 27th District...
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| x Brad Sherman |
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Bradley James "Brad" Sherman (born October 24, 1954) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing California's 27th congressional district. Sherman represents...
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| x Jackie Speier |
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Karen Lorraine Jacqueline "Jackie" Speier ( /ˈspɪər/; born May 14, 1950) is the U.S. Representative for California's 12th congressional district, serving since 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the northern two...
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| x Pete Stark |
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Fortney Hillman "Pete" Stark, Jr. (born November 11, 1931) is the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district, serving since 1973. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Currently he is the 5th most senior Representative, as...
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| x Ellen Tauscher |
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Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (born November 15, 1951) is a former American politician and Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs. She was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing...
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| x Mike Thompson |
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Charles Michael "Mike" Thompson (born January 24, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for California's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del...
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| x Maxine Waters |
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Maxine Waters (born Maxine Moore Carr; August 15, 1938) is the U.S. Representative for California's 35th congressional district, and previously the 29th district, serving since 1991. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She is the most senior of...
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| x Diane Watson |
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Diane Edith Watson (born November 12, 1933) is a former US Representative for California's 33rd congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located entirely in Los Angeles County and...
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| x Henry Waxman |
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Henry Arnold Waxman (born September 12, 1939) is the U.S. Representative for California's 30th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1975. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is considered to be one of the most influential liberal...
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| x Lynn Woolsey |
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Lynn C. Woolsey (born November 3, 1937) is the U.S. Representative for California's 6th congressional district, serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes all of Marin County and most of Sonoma County. She is...
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| x Neil Abercrombie |
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Neil A. Abercrombie (born June 26, 1938) is an American politician and is the seventh Governor of Hawaii. Previously he was the Democratic U.S. Representative of the First Congressional District of Hawaii, which comprises urban Honolulu. He served...
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| x Gary Ackerman |
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Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 5th congressional district, serving since a special election in 1983. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district encompasses the North Shore of Long...
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| x Robert Aderholt |
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Robert Brown Aderholt (born July 22, 1965) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district includes most of the far northern suburbs of Birmingham, as well...
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