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A number of other Democrats have also announced campaigns for NY-12, including state assemblymen Micah Lasher and Alex Bores, and veteran journalist Jami Floyd.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

Hunt got his fellow assemblymen to vote for it — they even liked the idea of making three states, named Shasta, Colorado and California.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2021

Pho’s application was supported by two assemblymen, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and much of the city council.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2019

For much of the twentieth century, the real power in American politics rested not with U.S. representatives or senators but with the governors, mayors, and assemblymen who controlled local purse strings.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

The assemblymen poured in from all over the state, and were made up of all sorts and conditions of men, including bankers, farmers, merchants, contractors, liquor dealers, and even prize-fighters.

From American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt by Stratemeyer, Edward