legislator

Example Sentences

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Recent polls have Mr. Barr, a respected legislator who flipped a Democratic seat in 2012, leading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

A former talk show host and legislator, Cheng's victory in the KMT chairperson elections last year stunned observers and many in her party, who had considered her the dark-horse candidate.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Raman was labeled a “progressive LA City Councilmember focused on housing affordability, homelessness and systemic reform,” while Bass was “incumbent mayor of Los Angeles, veteran legislator, focused on homelessness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

On Thursday, South Korean intelligence officials told lawmakers they had spotted indications that Kim Ju Ae was in the stage of being designated as a successor, according to a legislator who attended the closed-door meeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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