ranking member

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1. A legislator on a committee who belongs to the majority party and, by virtue of seniority, ranks first after the committee chairman. The most senior member representing the minority party is the ranking minority member of the committee.

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ranking member

The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional-Executive Commission on China, where we serve as chair and ranking member, has worked to expose this threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

Durbin is also the Democratic whip in the Senate and serves as the ranking member of Senate Judiciary Committee.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

The letter was addressed to the Senate Judiciary Committee's chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking member Dick Durbin, as well as the House Judiciary Committee's chairman Jim Jordan and ranking member Jamie Raskin.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called out Bondi at a press conference on Wednesday.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2025

He is followed by the ranking member of the minority on the committee, and these are followed by other members of the committee in their turn.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner