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Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed ( el-SAY-id; born October 31, 1984) is an American politician and epidemiologist who is the United States senator-elect from Michigan. Born and raised in southeast Michigan, El-Sayed graduated from the University of Michigan and was a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where he earned a doctorate in public health.
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James Dell Talarico ( TAL-ə-REE-koh, born May 17, 1989) is an American politician and educator who is the United States senator-elect from Texas. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Born in Round Rock, Texas, Talarico taught sixth grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in West San Antonio, Texas, from 2011 to 2013.
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Elections in the United States were held on November 3, 2026. In these midterm elections, which occurred during the non-consecutive second term of incumbent Republican president Donald Trump, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate were contested to determine the 120th United States Congress.
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Thomas Jonathan Ossoff (born February 16, 1987) is an American politician who has served since 2021 as the senior United States senator from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the youngest incumbent U.S. senator. Raised in Metro Atlanta, Ossoff graduated from Georgetown University and the London School of Economics.
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Nithya Varsha Raman (born July 28, 1981) is an American politician and urban planner who is the mayor-elect of Los Angeles. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, Raman has served as the Los Angeles city councilmember for the 4th district since 2020. Born in India, Raman was educated at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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2026 United States Senate elections
The 2026 United States Senate elections were held on November 3, 2026, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections. In these elections, voters elected candidates to six-year terms that begin on January 3, 2027, and expire on January 3, 2033.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization for . xxx is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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2026 United States House of Representatives elections
The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, as part of the 2026 midterm elections during President Donald Trump's second, nonconsecutive term.
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United States midterm election
Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
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Guy Fawkes (; 13 April 1570 – 31 January 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic.
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Keisha Lance Bottoms (née Lance; born January 18, 1970), also known by her initials KLB, is an American attorney and politician who is the governor-elect of Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 2018 to 2022 as the 60th mayor of Atlanta and from 2010 to 2018 as a member of the Atlanta City Council, representing part of Southwest Atlanta.
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Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːrɑɱ vɑn dər ˈsloːt]; born 6 August 1987 in Arnhem) is a Dutch murderer, extortionist, con man, and drug trafficker who was convicted in the 2010 killing of Stephany Flores Ramírez in Lima, Peru. He first came to public attention as the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005.
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2028 United States Senate elections
Elections for the United States Senate will be held on November 7, 2028, with 34 of the 100 seats being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve 6-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3, 2029, to January 3, 2035, which will include the entire term of the president who wins the 2028 presidential election and the first two years of the 2032 presidential election winner's term.
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2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi
The 2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith is seeking re-election to a second full term. She is being challenged by Democratic district attorney Scott Colom.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is a liberal political party in the United States, sitting on the center to center-left of the political spectrum. Founded in 1828, it is the world's oldest active political party. Its main rival is the Republican Party, and since the 1850s, both have dominated American politics.
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Jailer 2 is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. It was produced by Kalanithi Maran through Sun Pictures. A sequel to Jailer (2023), the film stars Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa and Rithvik reprising their roles from the predecessor, with S. J. Suryah, Mithun Chakraborty, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Vidya Balan joining the cast.
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Amy Leigh Acton (née Stearns, formerly Beech; born February 16, 1966) is an American physician and politician who is the governor-elect of Ohio. She previously served as the director of the Ohio Department of Health, in which capacity she led Ohio's COVID-19 pandemic response from 2019 to 2020. Acton was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Disappearance of Natalee Holloway
On May 30, 2005, Natalee Ann Holloway, an 18‑year‑old recent high school graduate from Mountain Brook, Alabama, disappeared while on a trip to Aruba. She was last seen outside the Oranjestad nightclub Carlos'n Charlie's, entering a car with Joran van der Sloot and brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (née Hyde; born May 10, 1959) is an American politician serving since 2018 as the junior United States senator from Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party, she served from 2012 to 2018 as the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and from 2000 to 2012 in the Mississippi State Senate.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
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VisionQuest is an American television miniseries created by Terry Matalas for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Vision. A spin-off from and sequel to the miniseries WandaVision (2021), it is the 18th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced under its Marvel Television label.
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Godzilla Minus Zero (Japanese: ゴジラ-0. 0（マイナスゼロ）, Hepburn: Gojira Mainasu Zero) is a 2026 Japanese epic kaiju film written, directed, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. A sequel to Godzilla Minus One (2023), it is the 39th film in the Godzilla franchise, the 34th film thereof produced by Toho, and the sixth installment in the Reiwa era.
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Robert Howard Sand (born August 12, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who is the governor-elect of Iowa. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the 33rd state auditor of Iowa since 2019. Raised in Decorah, Iowa, Sand graduated from Brown University and the University of Iowa College of Law.
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United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the United States Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Article One of the Constitution of the United States in enumerated matters to pass or defeat federal legislation, known as bills.
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Annie Elizabeth Andrews (née Lintzenich; born August 9, 1980) is an American pediatrician and politician who is a United States senator-elect from South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, Andrews is the first woman elected to the Senate from South Carolina and the first Democrat to win a Senate election in South Carolina since 1998.
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Haley Maria Stevens (born June 24, 1983) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district since 2019. Elected as a member of the Democratic Party, Stevens represents most of urbanized Oakland County, including many of Detroit's northern suburbs.
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Gregory Wayne Abbott ( ABB-ət; born November 13, 1957) is an American politician, attorney, and jurist serving since 2015 as the 48th Governor of Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2002 to 2015 as the 50th attorney general of Texas and from 1996 to 2001 as a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. As of 2026, Abbott is the longest-serving incumbent governor in the United States.
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Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and former political candidate. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy was a candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries, but withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani (born October 18, 1991) is an American politician who has been the 112th mayor of New York City since January 1, 2026. A member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, he represented the 36th district in the New York State Assembly from 2021 to 2025. Mamdani is New York City's first Muslim and first Asian American mayor.
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Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.
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Peter Brian Hegseth (born June 6, 1980) is an American government official, U.S. Army veteran, and former television personality who has been serving as the 29th United States secretary of defense since 2025. Hegseth studied politics at Princeton University, where he was the publisher of The Princeton Tory, a conservative student newspaper.
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XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action thriller film starring Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency who is sent on a dangerous mission to infiltrate a group of potential Russian terrorists in Central Europe.
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Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. Known for her influence on pop music and her camp style, she has been dubbed the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue and Rolling Stone. At age 16, Perry released the unsuccessful gospel album Katy Hudson (2001) under Red Hill Records.
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TamilRockers is a torrent website based in India which facilitates unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including television shows, movies, music and videos. The site allows visitors to search for and download copyrighted material with the help of magnet links and torrent files, which facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing.
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National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, regardless of which ticket won more votes in their individual state/district.
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2026 United States Senate election in Texas
The 2026 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 3, 2026, to elect the Class 2 member of the United States Senate from the state of Texas. Democratic state representative James Talarico defeated Republican state attorney general Ken Paxton.
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Kimmarie Johnson (born Kim Marie Johnson; April 8, 1976 – November 4, 2026) was an American actress, model, businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the founder of SkinGlow by Kimmarie, a skin care and beauty retailing and consulting company she founded in 2011. Earlier in her career, Johnson participated in and won the Miss Pennsylvania USA beauty pageant.
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2026 Israeli legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Israel on 27 October 2026 to elect the 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Rafael "Ted" Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is an American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third solicitor general of Texas. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings.
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Archive of Our Own (AO3) is a nonprofit, open-source repository for fanfiction (fanfic) and other fanworks contributed by users. The site was created in 2008 by the Organization for Transformative Works. As of 18 September 2026, Archive of Our Own hosts over 18,470,000 works in over 82,900 fandoms, including those related to real people (RPF).
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Kirsty Jane Gallacher (born 20 January 1976) is a British television presenter and model. She began her career at Sky Sports News in 1998 and hosted Kirsty's Home Videos, RI:SE and Simply the Best before returning to Sky Sports News from 2011–2018. From June 2021 until December 2021, Gallacher co-presented The Great British Breakfast on the news channel GB News.
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James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; August 2, 1984) is an American politician, author, venture capitalist, and Marine Corps veteran serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the state of Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a political party in the United States, sitting on the right-wing to far-right of the political spectrum. Founded in 1854, it emerged as the main rival of the Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then.
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Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving since 1999 as a United States senator from New York. A member of the Democratic Party, he has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and served as Senate majority leader from 2021 to 2025. He has served two stints as Senate minority leader, from 2017 to 2021 and since 2025.
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Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to serve as president. Obama represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
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2024 United States presidential election
A presidential election was held in the United States on November 5, 2024. The Republican ticket of former president Donald Trump and Ohio junior senator JD Vance defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent vice president Kamala Harris and Minnesota governor Tim Walz.
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Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 40th governor of California since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
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Lauren Opal Boebert ( BOH-bərt; née Roberts; born December 19, 1986) is an American politician, businesswoman, and gun rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district beginning in 2025, having previously represented Colorado's 3rd congressional district from 2021 to 2025.
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Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is an English chef, restaurateur and television personality. In 1995, White became the first British chef and, at age 33, the youngest chef to earn three Michelin stars. He has trained chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Mario Batali, Shannon Bennett, Curtis Stone, Phil Howard and Stephen Terry.
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David Edward Williams (born 20 August 1971), known professionally as David Walliams (), is an English actor, comedian, writer and television personality. He rose to prominence for his work with Matt Lucas on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Come Fly with Me (2010–2011). From 2012 to 2022, Walliams was a judge on the television talent competition Britain's Got Talent.
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2028 United States presidential election
Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president to a four-year term. The winners are scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2029. Incumbent Republican president Donald Trump is ineligible to run for a third term due to the term limits established by the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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2026 United States Senate election in Alaska
The 2026 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Alaska. Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan is seeking a third term. He is being challenged by Democratic former representative Mary Peltola.
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2026 Texas gubernatorial election
The 2026 Texas gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Texas. Democratic state representative Gina Hinojosa defeated Republican incumbent Greg Abbott, who was seeking a record fourth term, in an upset victory. She will become the first Latina governor of the state and the first woman or Democrat to be elected since Ann Richards in 1990.
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Nancy Stewart Lacore (born 1968/1969) is an American politician and retired United States Navy officer who is the U.S. representative-elect for South Carolina's 1st congressional district. A vice admiral, she previously served as the 16th chief of Navy Reserve from 2024 to 2025 and the 93rd commandant of Naval District Washington from 2022 to 2024.
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Como 1907 (Italian pronunciation: [ˈkɔːmo]) is an Italian professional football club based in Como, Lombardy, that competes in Serie A, the top flight of the Italian football system. Founded in 1907 as Como Foot-Ball Club, the team traditionally plays in royal blue and has hosted home matches at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia since 1928.
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Chris Pappas (American politician)
Christopher Charles Pappas ( PAPP-əss; born June 4, 1980) is an American politician who is the United States senator-elect from New Hampshire. A member of the Democratic Party, Pappas has served as the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district since 2019. He also served on the New Hampshire Executive Council from 2013 to 2019.
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Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
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Nitesh Tiwari (born 22 May 1973) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and lyricist known for his works in Hindi films. He debuted as a co-writer and co-director in Chillar Party (2011) which won him two National Film Awards, including Best Children's Film and Best Screenplay. He made his solo directorial debut with the supernatural political drama Bhoothnath Returns (2014).
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (2026 video game)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a 2026 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch 2. It is a remake of the 1998 game released for the Nintendo 64. It was released on November 5, 2026 to critical acclaim.
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2026 United States gubernatorial elections
Gubernatorial elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2026. These elections took place in 36 states and three territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2022, except in New Hampshire and Vermont, where governors serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2024.
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Nathan Matthew Johnson (born February 12, 1968) is an American politician, lawyer, and composer serving as a member of the Texas Senate for the 16th district and the attorney general-elect of Texas. In the November 6, 2018, election, Johnson defeated incumbent Republican Don Huffines to become the first Democrat to represent the district in over three decades.
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Karen Ruth Bass (; born October 3, 1953) is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010, serving as speaker during her final term.
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Resident Evil is a 2026 horror film directed by Zach Cregger and written by Cregger and Shay Hatten. It is the eighth live-action film in the Resident Evil film series, based on the video game series by Capcom. Austin Abrams stars as Bryan Hodukavich, a medical courier who must fight through an outbreak of infected monsters in Raccoon City.
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Nikolai Alexandrovich Kulikovsky (Russian: Николай Александрович Куликовский; 5 November 1881 – 11 August 1958) was the second husband of Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, the sister of Tsar Nicholas II and daughter of Tsar Alexander III. He was born into a military landowning family from the south of the Russian Empire, and followed the family tradition by entering the army.
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José Roberto Pulido Jr. (born April 25, 1973) is an American musician and politician who is the U.S. representative-elect from Texas's 15th congressional district. He is credited with expanding the audience for Tejano music among younger listeners, emerging as a teen idol among Mexican-American teenagers in the 1990s and becoming one of Tejano music's most prominent recording artists.
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