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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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| x Daniel Kahikina Akaka |
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Daniel Kahikina Akaka (pronounced /əˈkɑːkə/; born September 11, 1924) is the junior United States Senator from Hawaii and a member of the Democratic Party. He is the first U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry and is currently the only member of...
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| x Todd Akin |
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William Todd Akin (born July 5, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district includes the western St. Louis suburbs of Ballwin, Kirkwood,...
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| x Lamar Alexander |
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Andrew Lamar Alexander (born July 3, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Tennessee. He was previously the Conference Chair of the Republican Party from 2007 to 2012, the 45th Governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987, United States...
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| x Rodney Alexander |
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Rodney McKinnie Alexander (born December 5, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 5th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district covers twenty-two parishes in roughly the northeast...
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| x Wayne Allard |
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Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008.
Allard was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, the son of Sibyl Jean (née Stewart) and...
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| x Thomas Allen |
Thomas Allen (born 1945) currently represents Maine's First Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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| x Jason Altmire |
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Jason Altmire (born March 7, 1968) is the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Altmire was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Lower Burrell,...
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| x Rob Andrews |
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Robert Ernest "Rob" Andrews (born August 4, 1957) is the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 1st congressional district, serving since 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Camden County and parts of Burlington...
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| x Mike Arcuri |
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Michael Angelo "Mike" Arcuri (born June 11, 1959) is the former U.S. Representative for New York's 24th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He lost re-election on November 2, 2010, to Republican Richard L. Hanna.
The...
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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 Michele Bachmann |
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Michele Marie Bachmann (pronounced /ˈbɑːkmən/; née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Minnesota's 6th congressional district, a post she has held since 2007. The district...
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| x Spencer Bachus |
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Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party and the senior member of the Alabama U. S. House delegation. The...
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| x Brian Baird |
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Brian Norton Baird (born March 7, 1956) is a former U.S. Representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district, serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Baird was born in Chama, New Mexico to Edith S. and William N....
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| x Tammy Baldwin |
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Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin (born February 11, 1962) is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Baldwin is a candidate in the 2012 U.S. Senate election in...
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| x John Barrasso |
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John Anthony Barrasso III (pronounced /bəˈrɑːsoʊ/; born July 21, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Wyoming and a member of the Republican Party. He was appointed to the Senate following Craig L. Thomas's death and won a special election...
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| x J. Gresham Barrett |
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James Gresham Barrett (born February 14, 1961) is the former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district runs along the Savannah River in the...
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| x John Barrow |
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John Jenkins Barrow (born October 31, 1955) is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches along the eastern portion of the state, from Augusta...
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| x Roscoe Bartlett |
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Roscoe Gardner Bartlett, Ph.D. (born June 3, 1926) is the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus. Bartlett is the second-oldest...
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| x Joe Barton |
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Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing Texas's 6th congressional district (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus. The district includes Arlington, part...
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| x Max Baucus |
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Max Sieben Baucus (born December 11, 1941) is the senior United States Senator from Montana and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1978, he is the longest-serving Senator from Montana, and the fifth longest-serving U.S....
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| x Evan Bayh |
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Birch Evans "Evan" Bayh III (pronounced /ˈbaɪ/ BY; born December 26, 1955) is a lawyer, advisor and former Democratic politician who served as the junior U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He earlier served as the 46th Governor of Indiana...
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| x Melissa Bean |
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Melissa Luburich Bean (Serbian Cyrillic: Мелиса Бин Лубурић) (born on January 22, 1962) is a former U.S. Representative of Serb origin for the Illinois's 8th congressional district who served from 2005 until 2011. She is a member of the Democratic...
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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 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 Shelley Berkley |
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Rochelle "Shelley" Berkley (born Rochelle Levine; January 20, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999, and a candidate for U.S. Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Berkley moved with...
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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 Marion Berry |
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Robert Marion Berry (born August 27, 1942) is the former U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 1st congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Stuttgart, Arkansas, Berry was raised in nearby Bayou Meto, Arkansas County in...
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| x Joe Biden |
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Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. (pronunciation: /ˈdʒoʊsɨf rɒbɨˈnɛt ˈbaɪdən/; born November 20, 1942) is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from...
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| x Judy Biggert |
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Judith Borg "Judy" Biggert (born August 15, 1937) is the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 13th congressional district, serving since 1999. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Biggert was born Judith Gail Borg in Chicago on August 15, 1937,...
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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 Gus Bilirakis |
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Gus Michael Bilirakis (born February 8, 1963) is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 9th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives.
Bilirakis...
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| x Jeff Bingaman |
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Jesse Francis "Jeff" Bingaman, Jr. (born October 3, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. He serves as Chairman of Committee Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus.
Previously, Bingaman...
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| x Rob Bishop |
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Robert William "Rob" Bishop (born July 13, 1951) is the U.S. Representative for Utah's 1st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.
Bishop was born in Kaysville, Utah...
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| x Sanford Bishop |
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Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr. (born February 4, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district, serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district is located in the southwestern part of the state and...
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| x Tim Bishop |
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Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop (born June 1, 1950) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 1st congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including...
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| x Marsha Blackburn |
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Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn (born June 6, 1952) is the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 7th congressional district, serving since 2003. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from the suburbs of Nashville to the suburbs...
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| x Earl Blumenauer |
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Earl Blumenauer (born August 16, 1948) is the U.S. Representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. He previously...
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| x Roy Blunt |
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Roy D. Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is the junior United States Senator from Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party. His Senate seat was previously held by Republican Kit Bond, until his retirement.
Blunt served as the United States...
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| x John Boehner |
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John Andrew Boehner ( /ˈbeɪnər/ BAY-nər; born November 17, 1949) is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district,...
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| x Kit Bond |
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Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is a former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett Woods by a margin of 53%-47%. He was re...
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| x Josiah Bonner |
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Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner, Jr. (born November 19, 1959), is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district, having served since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama (but was reared in...
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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 John Boozman |
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John Nichols Boozman (pronounced /ˈboʊzmən/ BOHZ-mən; born December 10, 1950) is the junior United States Senator for Arkansas (since 2011). A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States Representative for Arkansas's...
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| x Dan Boren |
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Daniel David "Dan" Boren (born August 2, 1973) is the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district, serving since 2005. The district includes most of the eastern part of the state outside of Tulsa. He is a member of the Democratic...
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| x Leonard Boswell |
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Leonard L. Boswell (born January 10, 1934) is the U.S. Representative for Iowa's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district is based in Des Moines.
Boswell was born in Harrison County,...
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| x Rick Boucher |
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Frederick Carlyle "Rick" Boucher ( /ˈbaʊtʃər/ BOW-chər; born August 1, 1946) is the former U.S. Representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district, serving from 1983 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Boucher is a native of...
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| x Charles Boustany |
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Charles William Boustany, Jr. (pronounced /bʊˈstæni/; born February 21, 1956) is the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 7th congressional district, serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Boustany was born in Lafayette to the...
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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 Allen Boyd |
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Fred Allen Boyd Jr. (born June 6, 1945) is the former U.S. Representative for Florida's 2nd congressional district, serving from 1997 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He currently works for a lobbying firm, the Twenty-First...
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| x Nancy Boyda |
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Nancy Boyda (born August 2, 1955) is a former Democratic congresswoman representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district. On November 4, 2008, Boyda was defeated for re-election by Kansas State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, after serving one term....
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| x Kevin Brady |
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Kevin Patrick Brady (born April 11, 1955) is the U.S. Representative for Texas's 8th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes a large swath of suburban and rural territory around...
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| x Robert A. Brady |
Robert Alexander Brady (May 13, 1901 – April 27, 1963) was an American economist who analyzed the dynamics of technological change and the structure of business enterprise. Brady developed a potent analysis of fascism and other emerging...
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| x Bruce Braley |
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Bruce Braley (born October 30, 1957) is the U.S. Representative for Iowa's 1st congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district lies in northeastern Iowa and includes Davenport, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls...
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| x Paul Broun |
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Paul Collins Broun, Jr. (born May 14, 1946) is the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 10th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Tea Party Caucus.
Broun was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of...
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| x Corrine Brown |
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Corrine Brown (born November 11, 1946) is an U.S. Representative for Florida's 3rd congressional district, serving since 1993. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes parts of Duval, Clay, Putnam, Alachua, Volusia, Marion,...
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| x Henry E. Brown, Jr. |
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Henry Edward Brown, Jr. (born December 20, 1935) is a former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, serving from 2001 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. He did not stand for re-election in 2010.
The...
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| x Sherrod Brown |
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Sherrod Campbell Brown (born November 9, 1952) is the senior United States Senator from Ohio and a member of the Democratic Party. Before his election to the U.S. Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing...
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