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representatives

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1. Popularly elected officials who serve in state legislatures and in the House of Representatives in Congress. Representing the local districts from which they are elected, representatives support the interests of their constituents by proposing bills and programs. Elected for two-year terms, representatives in Congress must be sensitive to their constituents' concerns in order to be reelected.

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High voter turnout in the Southern Provinces for an election choosing parliamentary representatives in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, suggests the electorate is invested in national politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Last November he joined Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and other Orthodox representatives to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

The winners will be chosen by representatives of the Ealing Beaver Project and the mayor of London's office.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Her representatives have told the BBC that she had "experienced a medical emergency that led to the alleged conduct".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The first of these treaties, the Treaty of New York, was negotiated with representatives of the Muscogee Nation in 1790.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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