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Daniel Inouye

**Daniel Ken Inouye** (September 7, 1924 – December 17, 2012) was an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Hawaii from 1963 until his death in 2012. He previously served as U.S. Representative from Hawaii from 1959, statehood, until 1963.

Inouye fought in World War II as part of the 442nd Infantry Regiment. He lost his right arm to a grenade wound and received several military decorations, including the Medal of Honor (the nation's highest military award). He later earned a J.D. degree from George Washington University Law School. Returning to Hawaii, Inouye was elected to Hawaii's territorial House of Representatives in 1953, and was elected to the territorial Senate in 1957. When Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959, Inouye was elected as its first member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1962. He never lost an election in 58 years as an elected official, and he exercised an exceptionally large influence on Hawaii politics.

Inouye was a posthumous recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of the Paulownia Flowers. Among other public structures, Honolulu International Airport has since been renamed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in his memory. Inouye was a close friend of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens.
Phil Roe

**David Phillip Roe** (born July 21, 1945) is an American Republican politician and physician who has served as the senior United States Senator from Tennessee since 2013. He was previously U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 1st congressional district from 2007 until 2013.

Roe was first elected to the U.S. House in 2006, defeating a very close primary challenge from David Davis, to succeed 5-term incumbent Bill Jenkins. Roe won re-election in 2008 against an even closer challenge from Davis, and then won both the primary and general election easily in 2010 and 2012.

On January 10, 2013, incumbent United States Senator Bob Corker died from suicide by hanging following the events of the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming. Roe was one of the few Republicans who lobbied Governor Bill Haslam for the seat, and eventually Haslam appointed him on January 30. Roe was sworn in on February 1.

As a United States Senator, Roe has been a leading voice against the Affordable Care Act. He is a member of the Health, Educations, Labor and Pensions committee, as well as the Appropriations Committee. Roe won the 2014 special election to finish Corker's term, and the 2018 Senate election for a full term. He is running for re-election in 2024.
Mark Kelly

**Mark Edward Kelly** (born February 21, 1964) is an American Democratic politician and ex-astronaut who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Arizona since 2013. He previously served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona's 8th congressional district from 2011 until 2013 after winning a special election called after the assassination of his wife, Gabby Giffords. Kelly is a gun control advocate but is also one of the more moderate Democrats in the Senate, keeping in with Gifford's conservative Democratic ideology.

Kelly won election to the U.S. Senate in 2012 against fellow U.S. Representative Jeff Flake, picking up the retiring Jon Kyl's seat in a year widely considered a disaster for Republicans as president Barack Obama's coattails cost the Republicans multiple seats and ended their close Senate minority they held in the 112th Congress. Kelly was sworn in at the beginning of the next Congress, serving alongside archconservative Republican J.D. Hayworth for his first 4 years.

However, Hayworth was defeated by U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema in 2016, giving the state it's first dual Democratic delegation since Ernest McFarland's defeat in 1952 by Barry Goldwater. Kelly endorsed Sinema in the 2022 U.S. Senate Democratic primary, but she was still defeated in the primary runoff by U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego, a liberal who ended up winning the general election against Republican Blake Masters.

Kelly is pro-choice, pro-asylum for illegal refugees, believes in gun control since the assassination of his wife and climate action, but opposes the Green New Deal and believes in stronger border security. He describes himself as a moderate and voices support for bipartisanship. He is the identical twin brother of astronaut Scott Kelly.
Mick Mulvaney

**John Michael** "**Mick**" **Mulvaney** (born July 21, 1967) is an American Republican politician who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina since 2021. He previously served as U.S. Representative from South Carolina's 5th congressional district from 2011 until 2017.

Mulvaney won election to the Senate as a right-wing challenger to Lindsey Graham in the primary. In a year where conservative Republicans oft defeated more moderate incumbents, notably in Alabama with Tommy Tuberville, Mulvaney defeated Graham in the Republican primary, winning the general election. As U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator, Mulvaney has been controversial for his support for government shutdowns in times of crisis.
Jon Tester

**Raymond Jon Tester** (born August 21, 1956) is an American Democratic politician and farmer who has served as the junior United States Senator from Montana since 2009. Tester is the Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.

A moderate Democrat, Tester rode the coattails of President Barack Obama's 2008 victory to defeat incumbent Republican Karl Ohs. Tester won re-election in 2014 against Steve Daines in one of the closest races that year, and in 2020 against Matt Rosendale. Tester originally voiced opposition to same-sex marriage, but came out in favor of it in 2013, citing concerns about government overreach. Tester is pro-choice and for embryonic stem cell research. Tester voted for Obamacare.
Harold Ford Jr.

**Harold Eugene Ford Jr.** (born May 11, 1970) is an American Democratic politician, financial managing director, political pundit & author who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from New York since 2011. He previously served as the U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 9th congressional district from 1997 until 2007, succeeding his father, Harold Ford Sr.. Ford is the latest member of Congress to have represented two different states within either chamber.

He was the 2006 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat of the retiring Senate Majority Whip Bill Frist, but lost to Republican Bob Corker in a narrow 1-point race. Ford then told a group of students in a Los Angeles academy that he was considering a run in 2008 against Lamar Alexander, the incumbent Republican who had served as the 1988 Republican presidential nominee and Governor from 1979 until 1987, but he ultimately chose not to, instead stating that he "hopes to spend a lot of time at home, perhaps do some teaching and work with Governor Bredesen on some issues in Tennessee."

## Senate service

For a single day in 2011, Ford was the youngest member of the U.S. Senate, a role informally nicknamed 'Baby of the Senate' (though not an official title nor office), until Marco Rubio was sworn in the next day. Ford was able to be appointed early due to his predecessor Andrew Cuomo's resignation 3 days prior to take office on New Year's Day as Governor of New York.

Ford's 2010 campaign for Cuomo's seat was seen an unconventional, and he was the underdog in the primary against bigger known names such as U.S. Representative Kirsten Gillibrand and son of the assassinated Attorney General of the same name, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. However, with the support of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the African-American community, namely in New York City where Ford resided, Ford narrowly won the primary and then the runoff against Gillibrand, even as the state's prospective junior-turning-senior Senator Chuck Schumer worked on Gillibrand's candidacy. Ford easily won the general election in a landslide and was sworn in a day early due to Cuomo's resignation and subsequent appointment of Ford to the seat. A process known as preferential seniority, this allowed Ford to gain seniority over the incoming 2011 freshman class, and thus gain preference with committee assignments.

In office, Ford has been an advocate for civil rights and a leader of the Democratic caucus, being mentioned as a potential Senate Democratic Leader, presidential or vice presidential candidate. Ford has repeatedly sworn not to run for President or Vice President, but has not ruled out a run for Senate Democratic Leader, potentially when Chuck Schumer, the senior Senator from New York, retires from the Senate or steps down as leader. Potential likely rivals in a hypothetical soon race for leader include California Senator Kamala Harris, Virginia Senator & floor whip Mark Warner, Illinois Senator & former floor whip Dick Durbin, and Massachusetts U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Fritz Hollings

**Ernest Frederick** "**Fritz**" **Hollings** (January 1, 1922 – April 6, 2019) was an American Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from South Carolina from 1963 until 2005. A conservative Democrat, he was also the Governor of South Carolina from 1959 until 1963 & the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 1955 until 1959.

Winning election to the U.S. Senate by defeating incumbent 3-term U.S. Senator Olin Johnston in the 1962 Democratic primary, Hollings remained popular and continually won re-election, becoming one of the longest-serving Senators in U.S. history. Hollings sought the Democratic nomination in the 1984 presidential election to challenge incumbent Howard Baker but dropped out of the race after losing the New Hampshire primary. He declined to seek re-election in 2004 and was succeeded by Republican Jim DeMint.
Ed Tarver

**Edward Jerome Tarver** (born July 22, 1959) is an American Democratic politician who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Georgia since 2023. He previously served as U.S. Attorney from 2009 until 2017; and was a candidate in the 2020 special election, losing the blanket primary with only 0.5%. Tarver was endorsed by Georgia's other U.S. Senator Warnock in his second run and won against Black in the blanket primary, avoiding a runoff by scoring over 50% of the vote.

Tarver was previously a Georgia State Senator from 2005 until 2009. Serving alongside Warnock, Georgia has elected the first concurrent dual black U.S. Senate delegation in history.
Mitch McConnell

**Addison Mitchell McConnell III** (born February 20, 1942) is a retired American Republican politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from Kentucky from 1985 until his resignation in March 2023. McConnell served as the Republican floor leader from 2019 until 2023; thus serving as Majority Leader from 2019 until 2023, and then as Minority Leader from January to March 2023. He previously served as Republican floor whip from December 2007 until 2019. One of the most powerful U.S. Senators of all time, McConnell was widely seen as the most influential Republican Senator; dominating the Republican conference and moving the GOP substantially to the right after the collapse of the American Independent Party.

McConnell's tenure as floor whip for eleven years was notable because of the power McConnell wielded within the conference; with the leaders he served under, George W. Bush & Mitt Romney being sidelined for McConnell's ideals. While Bush defeated McConnell for floor leader in 2005, and Romney gathered enough support to fend off a challenge in 2013; McConnell eventually gathered enough support to defeat Romney in a 2019 leadership challenge. McConnell suffered a fall in D.C. on the 8th of March, and, unable to return to his duties, McConnell resigned from the Senate on March 15th; effective March 27th. Former leader Romney then defeated whip John Thune for the office of leader, returning to the post. This was the first mid-Congressional special leadership election for the Republicans since Ted Stevens stepped down as leader in 1983 after the death of Milton Young so that he could become President pro tempore.

McConnell began his career as a moderate Republican, although he moved to the right overtime, becoming the leader of mainstream conservatism within the Republican party. Despite this, McConnell spent his later years in the Senate warning against going too far to the right, nothing the behavior of Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley and U.S. Representatives such as Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Paul Gosar (R-AZ) & Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA). Despite this, many Democrats criticized McConnell for his inability to prevent the election of far-right members to the Congress, especially as the Tea Party claimed victories in the late 2000s and early 2010s, including one in Kentucky itself in the 2010 Senate race, where Tea Party favorite Rand Paul defeated establishment Republican Trey Grayson.

In 2015, 2019 and 2023, *Time* listed McConnell as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Sherrod Brown

**Sherrod Campbell Brown** (born November 9, 1952) is an American Democratic politician serving as the senior United States senator from Ohio since 2007. He was previously the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. Prior to this, Brown held a career in state offices ranging from 1975 until 1991.
Gabe Amo

**Gabriel Felix Kofi Amo** (born December 11, 1987) is an American Democratic politician and aide who has served as the junior United States Senator from Rhode Island since 2021.

Amo began his career as an aide to Jack Reed's 2006 re-election campaign, before aiding both James Langevin's 2008 campaign for the Senate and Barack Obama's campaign for the Presidency. Once Obama won, Amo served in the Office for Public Engagement before becoming a national political coordinator for Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. Amo considered a U.S. House run once he became eligible in 2012, but decided against it to continue his work as an aide.

Amo was Director of the Office for Public Engagement from 2017 until 2019 under Gary Locke, before running for the U.S. Senate in 2020 once Langevin announced his retirement. Amo won the Democratic primary in an upset with the endorsement of Langevin, the Congressional Black Caucus and former President Obama. Amo won the general election against Republican Allen Waters easily; though Amo had expected to face Republican Governor Allan Fung, but Fung chose not to run to aid presidential nominee George Pataki in the Northeast. Had Fung run, polls predicted the race would've been a tossup.

Amo has kept a low profile since becoming United States Senator. He is a liberal.
George Romney

**George Wilcken Romney** (July 8, 1907 – July 26, 1995) was a Republican politician and businessman. In his business career, he served as chairman and president of American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1962, and then, entering into politics, as the 43rd governor of Michigan from 1963 to 1975. He was a frontrunner for the presidential nomination in 1964, although dropped out in favor of Nelson Rockefeller in a successful attempt to defeat Arizona Senator & American Independent Party affiliate Barry Goldwater from winning the nomination. Rockefeller won the general election.

In 1939, he moved to Detroit and joined the American Automobile Manufacturers Association, where he served as the chief spokesman for the automobile industry during World War II and headed a cooperative arrangement in which companies could share production improvements. He joined Nash-Kelvinator in 1948, and became the chief executive of its successor, American Motors Corporation, in 1954. There he turned around the struggling firm by focusing all efforts on the compact Rambler car. Romney mocked the products of the "Big Three" automakers as "gas-guzzling dinosaurs" and cultivated the image of being one of the first high-profile, media-savvy business executives.

Having entered politics in 1961 by participating in a state constitutional convention to rewrite the Michigan Constitution, Romney was elected Governor of Michigan in 1962. Re-elected by increasingly large margins in 1964 and 1966, he worked to overhaul the state's financial and revenue structure, greatly expanding the size of state government and introducing Michigan's first state income tax. Romney was a strong supporter of the American Civil Rights Movement. He requested the intervention of federal troops during the 1967 Detroit riot.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George\_W.\_Romney
Katie Britt

**Katie Elizabeth Britt** (née **Boyd**; born February 2, 1982) is an American Republican politician, attorney and businesswoman who is currently serving as the junior U.S. Senator from Alabama, a position she has held since 2023. She was president and CEO of the Business Council of Alabama from 2019 until 2021, and previously served as Senate Chief of Staff for her predecessor, six-term Democrat-turned Republican Richard Shelby, from 2016 until 2018. She is the youngest Republican woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate.

Britt was elected in 2022. As soon as she was sworn in to the 118th Congress, Britt chose to endorse neither incumbent Mitch McConnell nor Florida U.S. Senator Rick Scott for Minority Leader. Scott's challenge failed. However, as McConnell stepped down, Britt endorsed Scott, though Mitt Romney won. Britt has been one of the Senate's greatest anti-immigration activists, within her first month she co-sponsored 8 anti-immigration bills and visited the U.S.-Mexican border twice.

Britt has advocated for more spending cuts in Appropriations bill and for abolishing special earmarks, known informally as "pork barrel spending", which has earned her the ire of her more senior colleagues.
Party Leaders of the United States Senate

The positions of **majority leader** and **minority leader** are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding the majority and the minority in the United States Senate. They are each elected as majority leader and minority leader by the senators of their party caucuses: the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Republican Conference. Each party has nominated officially recognized Senate floor leaders since 1925.

By Senate precedent, the presiding officer gives the majority leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate. The majority leader serves as the chief representative of their party in the Senate, and is considered the most powerful member of the Senate. They also serve as the chief representative of their party in the entire Congress if the House of Representatives, and thus the office of the speaker of the House, is controlled by the opposition party. The Senate's executive and legislative business is also managed and scheduled by the majority leader.

The **assistant majority leader** and **assistant minority leader** of the United States Senate, commonly called whips, are the second-ranking members of each party's leadership. The main function of the majority and minority whips is to gather votes of their respective parties on major issues. As the second-ranking members of Senate leadership, if there is no floor leader present, the whip may become acting floor leader.
Joseph Alioto

**Joseph Lawrence Alioto** (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was an American Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1975 until 1981. However, he more notably previously served as Mayor of San Francisco from 1968 until 1975, and in this capacity he served as the 32nd President of the United States Conference of Mayors during the 1974-1975 session. Alioto was campaign finance chairman for the mayoral candidacy of State Senator J. Eugene McAteer in the 1967 mayoral election. When McAteer collapsed and died while playing a game of handball, Alioto entered the race in his place. Alioto defeated Republican Harold Dobbs, 44.2% - 37.8%.

Alioto was mayor when city employees called an illegal strike in March 1974, picketing the San Francisco city hall and shutting down municipal services. After a week, Mayor Alioto and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors agreed to the strikers' demands. The city controller, however, refused to pay out "illegal salaries". In April 1975, after Alioto had left the mayoralty to become U.S. Senator, the California Supreme Court ordered the city controller to pay the salaries, with an opinion authored by Justice Mathew Tobriner finding that contracts secured through illegal strikes were still legally enforceable.

Alioto was elected as U.S. Senator in 1974, after passing on a campaign for Governor. His run for U.S. Senator was considered political suicide, since many believed that he could win the governor nomination and the general election much easier. Up against incumbent Senate Minority Leader Richard Nixon, Alioto waged an aggressive campaign where he campaigned "to the right of himself on every issue". Nixon was believed to be unbeatable, especially after defeating well-funded and highly popular Democratic nominee Alan Cranston in 1968, but Nixon's popularity had faded over his fourth Senate term as he found himself embroiled in the larger 1974 Republican corruption controversy, including claims Nixon had ordered espionage on Cranston's campaign, leading to an at-large investigation of the GOP leadership which lead to the convictions of many top aides.

Riding the 1974 election blue wave, Alioto defeated Nixon 54.81 - 42.85. Alioto's term as U.S. Senator was mostly uneventful, passing the Alioto Motion, officially nationally condemning the assassination after Mayor Dianne Feinstein & San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk on November 27th, 1978. He was defeated for re-election in 1980 by Robert Finch, the former Lieutenant Governor. Alioto would not make another attempt for public office, retiring from politics and dying from prostate cancer on January 29th, 1998. His family remains active in California politics.
Chuck Schumer

**Charles Ellis Schumer** (born November 23, 1950) is an American Democratic politician who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from New York since 2001. He is the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus, and thus has served as the Senate Majority Leader since 2023. He previously served in this role from 2012 until 2015, and as Minority Leader from 2015 until 2023. Schumer was the first Jewish leader of either chamber of Congress. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 until 2001. For his first term his district was numbered the 16th, but it became the 10th in 1983 and the 9th a decade later.

Schumer ran for the U.S. Senate at first in 1998, but dropped out in favor of Andrew Cuomo, who defeated Al D'Amato in the general election. Schumer then ran in 2000 upon Gershon Kingsley's retirement, defeating Rudy Giuliani in a very close race. He won again in 2006 and 2012 by wide margins and 2018 by a . Schumer became the senior Senator in 2011 upon Cuomo's retirement. He also chaired the Senate Rules Committee from 2007 until 2012.
Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove is the ability of Matthew McFouwl.

## Effect

Dr. Strangelove weaponizes Matt's rage. When Matt feels rage and his ability activates, he is surrounded by a red aura that he can fire as projectiles that explode. The stronger the rage, the more powerful the explosions. If his rage is intense and targets one person specifically, he gains a black armour coating in the shape of a devil, which intensifies his abilities, giving him access to city destroying explosions. The Devil Boost lasts until the target of the rage dies or is forgiven.

## Trivia

* The ability is named after the movie "Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb."
* The Devil Boost is inspired by Devilman.
Marty Meehan

**Martin Thomas Meehan** (born December 30, 1956) is an American Democratic politician, academic administrator and attorney who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2013. He was previously a U.S. Representative from 1993 until 2007. From 2007 until 2012, Meehan was the President of the University of Massachusetts System.

Meehan was first elected in 2012. He won re-election in 2018. Meehan was the centre of a minor scandal when his congressional staff used congressional computers to edit his Wikipedia page so they could remove unfavorable statements, as well as Meehan's pledge to retire from the House after 4 terms; which he reneged on.
Tina Smith

**Christine Elizabeth Smith** (born March 4, 1958) is an American Democratic politician and former businesswoman who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2017. She was previously Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 2015 until 2017.

Appointed to the Senate by Governor Tim Walz in 2017 to succeed Al Franken, who was elected Vice President on the ticket with Gary Locke in 2016, Smith won a 2018 special election to succeed Franken and a 2020 special election to seek a full term. Smith ran Ted Mondale's campaign for Governor in 1998, and Walter Mondale's short-term 2002 campaign for the U.S. Senate after incumbent Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash while campaigning. Smith then managed former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton's unsuccessful campaign for Governor in 2010.

In 2014, Walz named Smith his running mate, and the two won the primary and general election as Republican Governor Tom Emmer refused to seek a second term in order to run for the U.S. House. Smith resigned as Lieutenant Governor half way through her term to become U.S. Senator after Franken resigned. Smith is pro-choice and pro-LGBTQ.
Marilyn Strickland

**Marilyn Strickland** (born September 25, 1962) is an American Democratic politician who has served as the junior United States Senator from Washington since 2019. She was the Mayor of Tacoma, Washington from 2010 until 2018.

First elected mayor in 2009, she was the first Asian-born and first African-American mayor. Her business deals with China and Vietnam culminated in Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Tacoma, Washington. She was sanctioned in 2010 for using frequent flyer miles programs offered to her by a businessman to fund a trip to Asia. She accepted the sanction and returned the FFMs' value to the businessman.

She turned down an offer to be Seattle Chamber of Commerce president to accept offers from the Congressional Black & Congressional Asian Pacific American caucuses to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018. Facing incumbent Dave Reichert, who had won a 2014 special election after Maria Cantwell was assassinated in the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming. She was the sole Democratic gain in a year that saw many Republican gains, winning by a narrow margin.

Strickland is the first Korean-American woman in either chamber of Congress. She is seeking re-election in 2024.
Carl Brady

**Carl Franklin Brady Sr.** (October 29, 1919 - August 20, 2005) was an American Republican politician and pilot who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 until 1970. After his defeat, Brady ran for several offices without success, though remaining a key advisor to Governor Walter Hickel in the early 1990s. Brady was appointed upon the death of Bob Bartlett by Governor Mike Stepovich on the recommendation of Hickel and U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. Brady was key in Hickel's nomination as Secretary of Interior, but he lost the 1970 Republican primary to Elmer Rasmuson, who lost the general election to Democratic challenger Mike Gravel, who challenged Stevens for his seat 2 years prior in one of the closest statewide races in U.S. political history.
John Barrasso

**John Anthony Barrasso III** (born July 21, 1952) is an American Republican politician and physician who has served as the senior United States Senator from Wyoming since 2007. He chaired the Senate Intelligence Committee from 2017 until 2023.

Barrasso first ran for the U.S. Senate in 1996, coming in second in the Republican Primary to former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Barrasso was appointed to the Senate in 2007 after the death of Craig Thomas, and he became the senior Senator after Cheney was killed in the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming. Barrasso was selected to chair the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2017 after Jeb Bush retired from the Senate.

## Leadership aspirations

Barrasso has run multiple times for Senate leadership positions. Barrasso was the runner up for the office of Senate Majority Whip in 2019, losing to John Thune. Barrasso withdrew from the March 2023 Republican Senate leadership election after Mitch McConnell resigned, but ran again in the December race, coming in third behind Thune and winner Jason Chaffetz.
Mary Landrieu

**Mary Loretta Landrieu** (born November 23, 1955) is an American Democratic politician and entrepreneur who has served as the senior United States senator from Louisiana since 1997. A member of a prominent Louisiana political family, she is the daughter of Moon Landrieu, former New Orleans mayor and secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the sister of Mitch Landrieu, a former mayor of New Orleans and Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.

Landrieu came to national attention in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 after she publicly criticized the federal response to the natural disaster. Her opposition to the public option played a major role in the crafting of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (colloquially known as 'Obamacare'), as she did not agree to support it until additional concessions were granted to support Louisiana's Medicaid system.
Bruce Castor

**Bruce Lee Castor Jr.** (born October 24, 1961) is an American Republican politician and lawyer who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania since 2019. Castor was the acting Attorney General of Pennsylvania for a short period in 2016.

A controversial lawyer, Castor declined to prosecute Bill Cosby for sexual assault in 2005 after he found "insufficient, credible and admissible evidence exists upon which any charge against Mr. Cosby could be sustained beyond a reasonable doubt". At a preliminary hearing in 2016, Castor testified that he made a promise to never prosecute Cosby for the incident, but Judge Steven T. O'Neill ruled that the promise was not legally binding on the current district attorney, and ordered that the criminal case proceed.

O'Neill's ruling was reversed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on June 30, 2021, which held that Castor's non-prosecution pledge was in fact binding on Cosby's prosecutor; this ruling resulted in the overturning of Cosby's conviction and his release from prison. Castor served as a defense lawyer for Newt Gingrich after the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming, employing multiple tactics to eventually successfully drop the charges against Gingrich.

Castor won election to the U.S. Senate in 2018 in a series of unexpected victories. U.S. Representative Lou Barletta was favored heavily to win the Republican nomination, and Castor fell as far as fourth in polls, however, on election night, Castor won with 52% of the vote. A recount was held, and Castor came out on top with 53%. Facing the popular incumbent Democrat Casey, Castor nevertheless rode the Republican wave that year to win the Senate race, with controversial statements and advertisements attacking Casey for his poor health and alleging that Casey would not survive another term in the Senate.

While definitely a conservative, Castor himself has hinted that he plays up his values to try and win races. He is one of the Senate's most controversial members, as well as one of the members with the worst attendance, absent often to attend to his law practices. However, Castor receives high funding from the Republican National Committee, raising allegations of corruption since Castor often defends leading members of the party in court.
The Thing

The Thing is the ability of Naoki Taylor.

## Effect

When Naoki goes through extreme emotional stress, he transforms into a monster. This monster has slimy, dark green skin, is hairless and has very lanky limbs. Its eyes are glowing yellow and are pupil less, and it has 3 reptilian tails. It has yellow claws on its hands and feet, and it has long yellow fangs for teeth. This monster can produce a hallucinatory acid as well as being able to contort it's body. It is very physically strong and flexible, being able to lift three double decker buses at once. The Thing is relatively intelligent, but has a very wild and open fighting style dedicated to causing as much pain to his victims before they die as possible, compared to Naoki's weapon based, straightforward style.

## Techniques

* **Insanity Acid:** The Thing produces acid from his mouth and spits it. If the fumes of the acid are inhaled, the victim begins to see the world contort and miscolour for around two minutes. If the acid itself is ingested, the victim begins basically day dreaming, seeing absolutely absurd visions appear before them, blinding them.
* **Spear arm:** The Thing contorts it's arm to end in a spike. This lets it deliver long reaching stabbing attacks
* **Driller rush:** The Thing contorts its entire body into a spike. This lets it drill through surfaces.
* **Hound Of Killing:** The Thing contorts it's hands together to create a fanged mouth to use to tear chunks off
* **Unstoppable Hunger:** The Thing contorts his mouth to open large enough to swallow a human whole.

## Trivia

* This ability is named after the 1982 film *The Thing*, a horror movie about a shapeshifting alien.
* This is the only ability named after a horror movie that doesn't belong to a member of The Crimson Gang.
* There are definitely more things Naoki could do with this ability, its not just limited to what I've listed. Use your imagination.
Tom Cotton

**Thomas Bryant Cotton** (born May 13, 1977) is an American Republican politician, attorney and ex-military officer who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Arkansas since 2015. He previously served as the U.S. Representative from Arkansas' 4th Congressional District from 2013 until 2015. Cotton was only 37 when elected to the Senate, and thus was the youngest U.S. Senator in the chamber, a role informally nicknamed as the "Baby of the Senate", until 2017 when Jason Kander was elected in Missouri.

Cotton is considered a traditional Southern conservative. Cotton voted in favor of aid to Ukraine to defend itself from Russia. Cotton is known for his controversial statements on race relations, believing that race should be de-emphasized. He disagrees with the notion that the United States has an over-incarceration problem, stating "Law enforcement is able to arrest or identify a likely perpetrator for only 19 percent of property crimes and 47 percent of violent crimes. If anything, we have an under-incarceration problem". Cotton has stated that reducing sentences for felons may lead to America ending up like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Cotton sparked controversy after saying that slavery was a "necessary evil". After receiving at-large backlash for his comments, Cotton released a statement on Fox News that "Of course slavery is an evil institution in all its forms, at all times in America's past, or around the world today." During race relations riots after the killing of George Floyd, Cotton rejected the view that the American justice system was systemically racist. Cotton advocated on Twitter that the military be used to support police, and to give "no quarter for insurrectionists, anarchists, rioters, and looters." Cotton was one of six Republican senators to vote against advancing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which would allow the U.S. Justice Department to review hate crimes related to COVID-19 and establish an online database.

In January 2019, Cotton was one of 31 Republican senators to cosponsor the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, a bill introduced by John Cornyn and Ted Cruz that would grant individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state the right to exercise this right in any other state with concealed carry laws while concurrently abiding by that state's laws. Cotton has an A rating from the National Rifle Association of America, and claimed the 2017 Las Vegas shooting would not have been stopped by gun control laws. When it was revealed that the gun used was a bump-stock semi-automatic rifle rather than Cotton's original assumption that the weapon was a belt-fed machine gun, Cotton said he was willing to "entertain" the regulation of bump stocks.

Cotton is anti-immigration, does not support the Affordable Care Act, does not support embryonic stem cell research and is pro-life, and opposes the legality of gay marriage; believing it should be left to the states.
Angus King

**Angus Stanley King Jr.** (born March 31, 1944) is an American Independent politician who has served as the senior United States Senator from Maine since 2013. King served as Governor of Maine from 1995 until 2003. Although during most of his Senate tenure King caucused with the Republicans, King currently caucuses with the Democrats.

King was first elected to the Senate in 2012, succeeding Olympia Snowe following her surprise retirement. Just before he was sworn in, King announced he would join the Republican caucus, with the support of Snowe. King switched to the Democratic caucus in 2023, citing the party's right-ward shift. King was allowed to keep his seniority within the caucus. King is running for re-election in 2024.
Mandela Barnes

**J. Mandela Barnes** (born December 1, 1986) is an American politician who has been the junior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin since 2023. He was Tony Ever's running mate in the narrow 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

First elected in 2022, Barnes defeated incumbent Republican Mark Neumann, who had served since 2014. Barnes was Wisconsin's first black Senator. Barnes is a progressive aligned with Bernie Sanders who supports raising the minimum wage to $15, a Green New Deal and Medicare for All.
Deb Haaland

**Debra Anne Haaland** (born December 2, 1960) is an American Democratic politician serving as the junior U.S. Senator from New Mexico since 2021. She previously served as the U.S. Representative from New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 until 2021.

Haaland was chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 until 2017. Haaland won election to the U.S. House after incumbent Michelle Lujan Grisham unsuccessfully sought election as Governor of New Mexico, serving a single term before running for the U.S. Senate to succeed the retiring Tom Udall. Haaland is running for re-election in 2026. Haaland was the first Native American woman in either chamber of Congress.
Mark Hutchison

**Mark Alan Hutchison** (born May 5, 1963) is an American Republican politician and lawyer who has served as the senior United States Senator from Nevada since 2013.

Hutchison was appointed by Governor Brian Sandoval in 2013 upon the assassination of Senator Dean Heller in the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming. Hutchison won the 2014 special election to complete the term and the 2018 election for a full term. Hutchison has served as the ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee since 2023.
Shelley Moore Capito

**Shelley Wellons Moore Capito** (born November 26, 1953) is an American Republican politician and retired teacher who has served as the senior United States Senator from West Virginia since 2015. She chaired the Senate Environment Committee from 2019 until 2023. She was United States Representative from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district from 2001 until 2015.

Capito was first elected to the House in 2000, flipping a Democratic-held district as Bob Wise ran for Governor. Capito was a front runner for the Republican nomination for Senate in 2006 and 2012, though she decided not to seek the Senate in either race, which were both handily won by Democrats. Capito ran for the open seat in 2014 vacated by Jay Rockefeller, and won handily. She won in a landslide in 2020 while seeking re-election.

Capito chaired the Senate Environment Committee from 2019 until 2023.
Bob Packwood

**Robert William "Bob" Packwood** (born September 11, 1932) is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon and a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from the United States Senate, under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and assault of women emerged. Four years later, Ethics Committee Chair, Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell said that the Republicans knew that it was very likely Packwood's seat would fall to the Democrats if Packwood were forced out. However, McConnell said, he and his fellow Republicans felt that it came down to a choice of "retain the Senate seat or retain our honor."

Packwood served as Republican floor whip from 1980 until 1983, spending 10 months in the minority and the rest in the majority. When Ted Stevens resigned as leader to become President pro tempore following the death in office of Milton Young, Packwood was elected floor leader, with John Heinz as his whip. However, in 1985, Packwood was challenged for the leadership by Kansas Republican Bob Dole. Dole was seen as a more conservative, hardcore option to Packwood, and he slowly built up support, eliminating a minor challenge from Indiana Republican Richard Lugar, and then winning the final nomination 29-24. Packwood still insisted on running for re-election in 1986 despite this loss.

Seen as a moderate-to-liberal Republican, Packwood served alongside Mark Hatfield for his entire tenure in the Senate.
Gary Johnson

**Gary Earl Johnson** (born January 1, 1953) is an American Libertarian politician and businessman who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from New Mexico since 2019. He previously served as the party's presidential nominee in 2012 and 2016. Before switching to the Libertarian Party in 2011, Johnson served as the Republican Governor of New Mexico from 1995 until 2003.

Elected in the red wave of 1994 by running on a low-tax, anti-crime libertarian platform, Johnson defeated incumbent Democrat Bruce King. Johnson cut the 10% annual growth in the budget, in part by using the gubernatorial veto 200 times during his first six months. Battling poor relations with the state legislature, Johnson was unable to convince the state senate to pass any of his motions. In his second term, Johnson concentrated on school voucher reforms and cannabis decriminalization. During his tenure as governor, Johnson adhered to an anti-tax policy, setting state and national records for the number of times he used his veto power: more than the other 49 contemporary governors put together. Term-limited in the 2002 race, Johnson retired from politics in 2003.

Johnson re-entered politics in 2011, running for the Republican nomination. Unlikely to win due to a low profile, Johnson ran as the Libertarian nominee, winning more than every other 3rd party candidate in the 2012 presidential election, doing so yet again by an even larger margin in the 2016 presidential election. Johnson refused to run for president from then on, staging a run for the 2018 U.S. Senate race. After the Republican nominee, Mick Rich, withdrew, Johnson received the Republican endorsement running against Democratic incumbent Martin Heinrich, defeating Heinrich by a very narrow margin of just 0.6 points. Heinrich did not contest the results and Johnson was sworn in on January 3rd, 2019.

As a U.S. Senator, Johnson has taken pride in not holding an allegiance to either major party, but he tends to vote more in line with the Republican platform. He has also been a campaigner for Libertarian candidates elsewhere in the United States. Johnson does not hold any committee assignments, but former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell often invited Johnson into the Republican fold, a request Johnson constantly denied. Johnson is running for re-election to the Senate in 2024, but it is seen as unlikely by most pundits that he will win a second U.S. Senate term.
George W. Bush

**George Walker Bush** (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who most recently served as a United States Senator from Texas from 1995 to 2013. In this capacity, he served as Senate Minority Leader from 2007 to 2013. He previously served as Governor of Texas from 1987 to 1995 and as a U.S. Represenative from Texas's 19th congressional district from 1979 to 1987.

A staunch conservative, Bush lead the charge on the Defense of Marriage Act as a freshman Senator, co-sponsoring numerous amendments to ban gay marriage, one finally passing in 2006. The ban was lifted in 2020 by a coalition of liberal Republicans and Democrats. Bush was mentioned as a potential Presidential candidate numerous times, eventually running briefly in 2000 until dropping out in favor of incumbent Vice President Jack Kemp, who ended up losing the election to Al Gore. Bush was mentioned as a potential running mate for Kemp, but Kemp picked former U.S. Senator from Missouri John Danforth instead.

Bush then ran for President in 2004, and was considered the frontrunner for the nomination, but after polls showed Bush trailing an incumbent Gore, Bush chose not to run. However, in what was considered one of the greatest political blunders, U.S. Senator John McCain won the nomination and won the general election, leading Bush to later state "What happened, happened. I may or may not regret it, but I think we agree that the past is over."

Bush was known for his speech errors, nicknamed 'Bushisms' by the Internet. In a 2000 rally for re-election, Bush stated "I know that the human being and fish can co-exist peacefully." When running for Senate Republican Conference Leader in 2005, Bush defeated Mitch McConnell, despite McConnell being staunchly favored by the polls and Bush's campaign being doubted by the press. When Bush was questioned, he stated "I am thankful that the Senate Republicans have entrusted me with this position after a bitter battle. Mitch thought this was gonna be an easy fight; he misunderestimated me."
Scott Brown

**Scott Philip Brown** (born September 12, 1959) is an American Republican politician and attorney who has served as the senior United States Senator from New Hampshire since 2015. He was previously a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts from 2010 until 2013. He is the most recent U.S. Senator to have represented more than one state in the Senate and the first since 1879.

Brown was first elected in a 2010 special election to the Senate in Massachusetts. He won the seat in an upset, defeating Martha Coakley. He lost re-election, however, in 2012, to Marty Meehan, partially owing to his refusal to condemn the election denying around the presidential election that year, spearheaded by Republican nominee Newt Gingrich. Brown refused to run in the 2013 special election, crossing over the border to New Hampshire.

Aided by a strong Republican wave, Brown overcame accusations of carpetbagging to defeat popular incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. Brown, who's views varied from liberal to conservative as a Massachusetts Senator, moved more to the right originally. Brown was the most conservative Senator in the Northeastern United States in 2017, beating out even Tea Party favorite Pat Toomey. However, Brown moderated heavily over the next 3 years. Brown won re-election in 2020 amongst George Pataki's success in the Northeast, defeating Democrat Joyce Craig.

Brown has announced his re-election campaign for the 2026 Senate race, forgoing a Governor's run. He is considered a moderate Republican, and has described himself as pro-choice, and, despite stating he believes marriage is between a man and a woman, says same-sex marriage is a settled issue and that he would oppose efforts to ban gay marriage. He was named as a potential running mate for Jeb Bush in 2016 and Pataki in 2020.