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Ann Richards

**Dorothy Ann Richards** (September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from Texas from 1978 until 1985. She was the presidential nominee for her party in the 1984 United States Presidential election. She was also the nominee in the 1990 Texas gubernatorial election, where, despite a very good year for Republicans, she nearly defeated popular incumbent Governor George W. Bush.

In the 1978 campaign Senator Lyndon B. Johnson refused to endorse a successor. Johnson was retiring due to his heart disease and died in December of that year from a heart attack. Richards, an underdog behind U.S. Representative Bob Krueger, defeated Krueger narrowly in the primary and then won the general election against Republican Hank Grover. Richards quickly gained national attention for her flamboyant personality, and she ran for and won the 1984 presidential nomination. She lost the election that year, however, to incumbent Republican Howard Baker. She was the first female Presidential nominee of any major party.

Nevertheless, the Democrats gained seats in the Senate that year. However, Republicans gained Richard's now former seat, with U.S. Representative Ron Paul winning the seat. Paul would become a Libertarian after his 1990 win and he would become the first Libertarian to win election to the Senate after winning again in 1996.

Richards ran for Governor in 1990, her final run for office, winning the nomination narrowly against former U.S. Representative Jim Mattox and former Governor Mark White. Richards polled far behind incumbent Governor George W. Bush but performed much better than expected; nearly defeating Bush in the general election. She retired from politics after this. She considered a run for Governor in 1994 and her old Senate seat in 1996, but she decided against doing so both times. She died in Austin, Texas, in 2006, and was honored with bipartisan respect.
Mel

**Mel** (born October 8, 1940) is an American Cosmoian Communist politician and revolutionary who has served as the Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas since 2007. She previously served in this role from 1991 until 1999 and 1971 until 1979. She is the longest serving Lieutenant Governor in Arkansas history, as well as the longest serving sitting Lieutenant Governor in the United States.

Mel was first elected as Lieutenant Governor in 1970 alongside Chairman Cosmo Gonzalo. She served for 8 years, before becoming the party's nominee for Governor in 1978, a race she narrowly lost to Democrat Bill Clinton. She retired from politics, supporting Cosmo's 1986 campaign for Lieutenant Governor, until she was tapped for Lieutenant Governor again in 1980 as Gonzalo sort a full term. She served for 8 more years before running for the U.S. Senate in 1998, again losing to Bill Clinton in a close race.

In 2006, as Gonzalo sought his first full term during his third tenure, Mel was again the nominee for Lieutenant Governor, winning in 2006 and leading massive coattails that gave her full control of the State Legislature. She won re-election in 2010 and successfully repealed term limits for Lieutenant Governor, though failing to do so for Governor. She won re-election in 2014 even as Asa Hutchinson flipped the Governor's office and Tom Cotton defeated Marion Berry for the U.S. Senate. Mel served as Hutchinson's lieutenant Governor, regularly challenging him as "bourgeois." When Gonzalo returned to the Governor's office in 2022, the pair reunited for their fourth consecutive stint in office.

Mel is the second LGBT person elected to state office; being out as a lesbian by the point of her first election in 1970, behind Gonzalo, who was out as bisexual come his election as Lieutenant Governor in 1962.
Bernie Sanders

**Bernard Sanders** (born September 8, 1941) is an American Independent politician, activist and author who has served as the senior United States Senator from Vermont since 2007. Sanders chaired the Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs from 2013 until 2015, and currently chairs the Senate Environment Committee, a role he has held since 2023. He was previously U.S. Representative from 1989 until 2007.

Sanders began as a perennial candidate, losing U.S. Senator races in 1972 and 1974. Sanders then became Mayor of Burlington in 1981. Sanders ran for and won a three-way race for U.S. Representative in 1988. He began caucusing with the Democrats, and when Jim Jeffords retired in 2006 (Jeffords was a Republican who had become an Independent Democrat similarly to Sanders), Sanders ran and won the Senate election to succeed him. Sanders won the Democratic nomination in 2006, 2012 and 2018, but turned it down each time.

Sanders is a progressive socialist, and came second in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary despite not being a full member of the party. Sanders has not announced whether he is seeking re-election or retiring in 2024. He has declined to run for President again.
Mark Warner

**Mark Robert Warner** (born December 15, 1954) is an American Democratic politician and businessman serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Virginia since 2009. He has been Senate Majority Whip and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee since 2023. Warner was previously Governor of Virginia from 2002 until 2006.

Warner was chair of the Virginia Democratic Party from 1993 until 1996, where he staged an unsuccessful challenge to three-term Republican incumbent John Warner (no relation) in 1996. Warner won the 2001 race to become Governor and served for a single term. Warner was expected to run for President in 2008, but chose not to; stating a desire not to disturb his family life. Warner instead sought the same Senate seat he had sought 12 years earlier after John Warner announced his retirement. Warner won the seat in a nationally good year for Democrats.

Warner is one of the wealthiest members of Congress. Warner is pro-choice but supports some restrictions on abortions, and he is one of the most bipartisan members of the Democratic Caucus. Warner supports free silver, and opposes Congressional hearings on UFOs.
Anthony Foxx

**Anthony Renard Foxx** (born April 30, 1971) is an American Democratic politician and attorney who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from North Carolina since 2023. He was previously Secretary of Transportation in the Obama administration from 2013 until 2017, and the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 2009 until 2013.

Foxx was nominated to the position of Secretary of Transportation by President Barack Obama in April 2013, going on to be confirmed in a 100–0 vote in June 2013. Upon taking office, he became the youngest Cabinet secretary serving at the time. Foxx prepared and advocated for the Obama administration's first surface transportation bill, the Grow America Act, in 2014, and worked to get its congressional incarnation, the FAST Act, passed.

Foxx was mentioned as a potential Director of the Office of Public Engagement during the Locke administration in 2018. Upon Richard Burr's retirement in 2022, Foxx ran for the U.S. Senate seat against U.S. Representative Ted Budd, defeating Budd in a narrow race and flipping the seat for the Democrats, helping them win the majority.
Chris Van Hollen

**Christopher Van Hollen Jr.** (born January 10, 1959) is an American Democratic politician and attorney who is serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Maryland since 2007. Van Hollen previously served as U.S. Representative from Maryland's 8th from 2003 until 2007. Van Hollen is the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, taking the helm in 2023 as Democrats took the majority.

Van Hollen won election to the U.S. House after 12 years in the Maryland state legislature to succeed liberal Republican Connie Morella, who was drawn out by redistricting; after Morella's reelection in 2000, Democratic Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Miller, Jr. stated that he wanted to "draw the 8th out from under Morella". Van Hollen defeated Kennedy family and popular state Senator Mark Kennedy Shriver for the Democratic nomination in a narrow race and defeated Morella in the general election even as Republicans gained the governor's office. Van Hollen served for two terms only when Paul Sarbanes announced he would not seek re-election to a sixth U.S. Senate term in 2006.

Van Hollen was one of the more junior U.S. Representatives in the race, facing Kweisi Mfume who had served from 1987 until 1996, and Ben Cardin, who had served from 1987 continuously. After popular House representative Steny Hoyer, who had served since 1981, steered clear of the race, Van Hollen appeared the frontrunner due to his youth; Mfume was a decade older and Cardin was half a decade older than Mfume. Van Hollen came first in the complicated primary and won the Democratic nomination even as polls showed the three battling it out.

Facing Chris Steele, the future RNC head and Lieutenant Governor, Van Hollen won the Senate seat by a large margin and was seated at the beginning of the 110th Congress. Kennedy Shriver succeeded him in his House seat. Van Hollen has been a leader within the Democratic party, being mentioned as a potential future floor leader or whip. Van Hollen ran for whip in 2023 but was defeated by Virginia U.S. Senator Mark Warner as Dick Durbin stepped down from the position.
Amy Klobuchar

**Amy Jean Klobuchar** (born May 25, 1960) is an American Democratic politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota since 2007. She is the chair of the Senate Rules Committee.

Klobuchar was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, but dropped out before the convention. She was elected in 2006, succeeding retiring one-term incumbent Mark Dayton, and then won re-election in 2012 and 2018. She is running for a fourth term in 2024. Described as a leader of liberals in the Senate, she helped Barack Obama win the nomination in 2008 and, once she had dropped out, helped Gary Locke in 2016. Locke picked Klobuchar's Senate colleague Al Franken as his running mate, but Franken resigned from the Vice Presidency in 2018 after bipartisan calls for his resignation after allegations of sexual assault.

Klobuchar is pro-choice on abortion, supports LGBT rights and the Affordable Care Act, and was critical of the Iraq War. According to GovTrack, Klobuchar passed more legislation than any other senator by the end of the 114th Congress in late 2016.
Suzanne Bonamici

**Suzanne Marie Bonamici** (born October 14, 1954) is an American Democratic politician and lawyer who has served as the senior United States Senator from Oregon since 2021. She was previously the United States Representative from Oregon's 1st congressional district from 2012 until 2021.

After David Wu announced his resignation in 2011, Bonamici won the 2012 special election ahead of the general election later that year to succeed him. In November she won re-election to a full term. When Jeff Merkley retired in 2020, Bonamici ran for the Senate seat. She won the general election easily against far right Republican Jo Rae Perkins, who won the Republican primary in a controversial race against establishment favorite Herman Baertschiger Jr..

Bonamici is one of the most progressive Democrats in the Senate. She is seeking re-election in 2026. She became the senior senator in 2023, when Gordon Smith left the Senate after his defeat by Jamie McLeod-Skinner.
John Thune

**John Randolph Thune** (born January 7, 1961) is an American Republican politician who is the senior United States Senator from South Dakota since 2003. He is the incumbent Senate Minority Whip since 2023. He was Senate Majority Whip from 2019 until 2013, and Chair of the Agriculture Committee from 2015 until 2019. He was the at-large representative for South Dakota from 1997 until 2003.

Thune was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2002, defeating Tim Johnson. Thune was instantly a star favorite of the Republican caucus. Thune won re-election in 2008 without opposition as Democrats swept the country, and won re-election easily in 2014 and 2020. He was the expected nominee for the 2012 United States presidential election, but he lost the nomination to Newt Gingrich.

Thune became Senate Majority Whip in 2019 as long-time whip Mitch McConnell defeated incumbent Senate Majority Leader Mitt Romney for the leadership position. Thune was originally a candidate for floor leader in 2023 when McConnell resigned from the Senate, but he dropped out in favor of Romney. Thune is the frontrunner for the Republican floor leader position when it is next vacant.

Thune is a hawk on foreign policy, and an archconservative Senator. However, he refused to endorse the electoral denialism of Gingrich, and was responsible for informing President Barack Obama about confirmed deaths of Congressmen in the Capitol. Thune has spearheaded efforts to repeal Obamacare, supported gun rights, and lead opposition to the Green New Deal. He acted as Minority Leader in December 2023 in between the tenures of Mitt Romney and Jason Chaffetz. He was the runner up for the position.
Alicia Wonderland

Art by CuriousKittyKat

***Alicia Elizabeth Victoria Wonderland*** is a 2023-introduced and all-around character. She is the daughter of Alice, the main protagonist of *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* and it's sequel novel, *Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There*. In the destiny conflict, she is both a rebel and royal as she can understand both sides of the conflict and their arguments. Alicia is in her final year at Ever After High.

## References

1. ↑ Alicia shares the same birthday as Alice Liddell, the childhood friend of Lewis Carroll and the inspiration behind the character of "Alice".

## Author Notes

**STATUS:** Work-In-Progress [11/04/2023 - CuriousKittyKat]

**Alicia Wonderland** is an original character created by CuriousKittyKat.

**Ever After High** belongs to Mattel.

*Please do not repost, share, or reuse my artwork and ideas without my permission. I have worked very hard on these pieces and having my work stolen would be heart breaking. If you wish to use my artwork - please contact me for permission first and remember to credit me as the original artist.*

Thank you.

**This page is currently under construction. Please come back when this page has been updated as complete.**
Dick Cheney

**Richard Bruce Cheney** (January 30, 1941 - January 4, 2013) was an American Republican politician and businessman who served as a U.S. Senator from Wyoming from 1997 until his assassination. Cheney previously served in numerous Cabinet roles, such as Secretary of State from 1975 until 1977 and Secretary of Defense from 1993 until 1996, and as the U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional district from 1979 until 1993. As a U.S. Representative, Cheney served as House Minority Whip from 1989 until 1993.

Cheney began his career as an intern for Republican Wisconsin congressman William A. Steiger. A rapidly rising star, Cheney was tapped for Secretary of State in 1975 by President Scranton as Henry Kissinger resigned. Cheney kept the job until Scranton lost re-election in 1976 and left office. Cheney won election to the U.S. House in 1978, being elevated to House Minority Whip (the second-highest ranking member of the minority party) in 1989 as Trent Lott won election to the U.S. Senate. Cheney was nominated as Defense Secretary under the Biden administration in 1993, serving for just under three years until resigning to run for the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by incumbent Alan Simpson.

Cheney won the nomination in a bitter battle against his future colleague John Barasso, though he won the general election with ease. Cheney won re-election in 2002 and 2008. After announcing his retirement in 2014 due to poor health; having a heart transplant in 2012 following five heart attacks. Cheney's daughter Liz sought the seat, but she would instead be appointed early after the elder Cheney was killed in the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming, having been shot by rioters after the Capitol subway was shut down.
Spencer Cox

**Spencer James Cox** (born July 11, 1975) is an American Republican politician and lawyer who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Utah since 2019. Succeeding 7-term Republican incumbent Orrin Hatch, one of the longest serving Republicans in U.S. Senate history, Cox won the 2018 election by a landslide against Democratic nominee Jenny Wilson, who became the Mayor of Salt Lake County shortly after Cox was sworn in to the U.S. Senate. Prior to this, Cox served as the Lieutenant Governor of Utah from 2013 until resigning in 2019 to take his Senate seat.

Cox is considerated a liberal-to-moderate Republican, aligning himself with the more liberal members of the Republican caucus such as Ted Stevens, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney. Cox has a divided record on LGBT rights, but is generally known as one of the most pro-LGBT Republicans in office, co-sponsoring the Respect for Marriage Act in 2020. In April 2021, during an online virtual Town Hall meeting held over a video call, Cox once introduced himself, announcing that his pronouns were He/Him/His. Cox thus contrasts quite heavily with Utah's senior U.S. Senator, Jason Chaffetz, an archconservative Republican who supported Newt Gingrich in 2012.

Cox is running for re-election in 2024, but is considered one of the more vulnerable U.S. Senators due to his liberalism. He is being challenged in the Republican primary by Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives Brad Wilson and Mayor of Riverton, Utah Trent Staggs, who challenged Cox's 2018 opponent in 2020 for Mayor of Salt Lake Country and lost. Chaffetz has endorsed a challenge but not a specific challenger. Similarly, in the 2022 race, Cox endorsed John Curtis, a moderate-to-conservative Republican U.S. Representative, for Chaffetz' seat until Curtis dropped out to run for re-election to his U.S. House Seat.
Strom Thurmond

**James Strom Thurmond Sr.** (December 5th, 1902 – June 26th, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 103rd & 109th governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951 & 1967 to 1971 respectively. Thurmond was a member of the Democratic Party until 1964 when he joined the Republican Party for the remainder of his political career. He also ran for Vice President in 1948 & 1964 as the State Rights' Democratic Party candidate, receiving over a million votes both times. He remained in that party until it's 1979 dissolution, alongside his national affilliations. Thurmond ran for the U.S. Senate multiple times, losing to the Democratic nominee in a 1954 write-in campaign & becoming the Republican nominee in 1972, losing one of the closest races of that year's Senate elections.

Thurmond was a candidate for the 1980 Republican Vice Presidential nomination, coming a surprise second ahead more well-established candidates like Bob Dole & Bob Packwood, though he lost to Al Quie, who would end up being elected Vice President in the general election alongside running mate (and thus President) Howard Baker. After a defeat in the 1986 Republican gubernatorial primary, Thurmond never sought public office again, though he served as the Mayor Dicundo of Edgefield, South Carolina from January 1st, 1988 until his death in June 2003 at the age of 100.
Gershon Kingsley

**Gershon Kingsley** (born **Götz Gustav Ksinski**; October 28, 1922 – December 10, 2019) was a German-American Democratic politician and musical composer who served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1975 until 1982. Kingsley was then U.S. Senator from New York from 1983 until 2001 after defeating Republican incumbent James Buckley. Kingsley retired in 2000 and was succeeded by Chuck Schumer.

A leading liberal, Kingsley was famous around the world for his 1969 song 'Popcorn', which became an international hit in 1972. Kingsley used his fame to run for Governor in 1974, easily winning the Democratic primary against token opposition. Kingsley defeated incumbent Republican Governor John Lindsay in the general election. Kingsley won re-election in 1978 before seeking the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate in 1982 instead of seeking re-election to a third term as Governor. As Governor, Kingsley focused on poverty and reduced both poverty and crime rates vastly amongst the large state.

As Kingsley defeated Buckley, his anti-poverty activism reached the U.S. Senate. Kingsley easily won re-election by landslides in 1988 and 1994, even as a giant Republican wave swept the nation in the latter term and cost his former lieutenant governor Mario Cuomo the governor's office to Republican George Pataki. Kingsley did not seek leadership nor whip offices as they were offered to him and retired in 2000. Some wanted to change the laws to allow him to run for U.S. President, but Kingsley never endorsed the idea. Despite talk of a 2002 run against Pataki, who eventuall won a third term, Kingsley retired in 2000 and never sought public office again.

Kingsley retired to music and passed away in 2019. "As long as he continued to make music,", as the New York Times reported, Kingsley told his family, “I’m not ready to decompose just yet.”
John Boehner

**John Andrew Boehner** (born November 17, 1949) is a retired American Republican politician and lobbyist who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 until 2015. He was House Majority Leader from 2005 until 2007, and House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2015. He was United States Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district from 1991 until his 2015 resignation.

Boehner first entered the Republican leadership when he bested House Majority Whip Terry Everett and Republican Chief Deputy Whip Dennis Hastert for the House Majority Leader role in 2005, after the prior holder of the office, Jim Talent, became speaker following the resignation of Tom DeLay. He was promoted to House Minority Leader in 2007, beating Hastert again, after Democrats took control of congress and Talent retired. After leading Republicans to a majority in 2010, he became speaker. He served as speaker until 2015, when he resigned from Congress.

Following his resignation, he endorsed House Majority Leader, and thus his deputy, Kevin McCarthy for speaker. However, McCarthy withdrew in controversy, and senior Republican Pete Sessions became speaker again. Since leaving office, Boehner has served as a lobbyist for a law firm and a tobacco company.
Meg Whitman

**Margaret Cushing Whitman** (born August 4, 1956) is an American Republican politician and business executive who served as a United States Senator from California from 2011 until 2017. Elected in 2010 by a 1-point margin against Democrat Xavier Becerra after a break in the liberal vote with Libertarian nominee Mike Gravel, the former eccentric anti-war U.S. Senator from Alaska in the 1970s, Whitman served 4 years in the minority and 2 years in the majority. She ran for President in 2016, losing the Republican nomination in a hotly contested primary. She was the vice presidential nominee that year.

Despite the original media buzz around the first female nominee for President, and her far lead over incumbent Vice President Jack Reed, Obama's approval rating rose within the year, and she was attacked by the right wing of her party as not conservative enough, despite her vice presidential pick. Losing traction, she narrowly lost the presidential election that year to Reed. She was succeeded in the Senate by Democratic state Attorney General Kamala Harris.

In the business world, Whitman served as the former President & CEO of eBay from 1998 until 2008. A moderate Republican, she helped John McCain campaign for re-election in 2008, but refused to support Newt Gingrich in 2012, voting instead for incumbent Barack Obama, a decision that came back to bite her as the conservative wing of her party abandoned her in 2016.
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Infinite Noise is a manga idea I had on a whim and decided to make a fandom wiki about it. Basically, it is about a traumatised boy called Roy Bracherwill being given an ability that gets him caught up in a gang war with people who also have abilities.
All the abilities are named after movies because why not
Bill Yellowtail

**William Petzoldt Yellowtail Jr.** (born January 8, 1948) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Montana since 2007.

Yellowtail served in the Montana Senate from 1985 until 1994. After this, he launched a campaign for Montana's at-large congressional district in 1996, losing to Rick Hill. Yellowtail ran for the U.S. Senate against Conrad Burns in 2006, winning the Democratic nomination against Jon Tester. Tester won the 2008 race against Karl Ohs, making Yellowtail the senior Senator in 2009.

Yellowtail won re-election narrowly in 2012 against Steve Daines and 2018 against Matt Rosendale. He is seeking re-election in 2024.
John White

**John White** is an American Democratic far-right politician, conspiracy theorist and farmer who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Arkansas since 2023. White is one of the most conservative members of the U.S. Senate, gaining the endorsement of the American Independent Party and befriending senator Skibidi O. Rizzler. White is a member of the Democratic Caucus, but almost never votes with them, thus leading to calls for expulsion.

White believes most modern Presidential elections were stolen and that the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming was justified, claiming Newt Gingrich was the legitimate winner of the 2012 U.S. Presidential election, that Gingrich's running mate Bob McDonnell, who had conceded that Gingrich had lost a few days prior to the storming, should be executed for treason, and that U.S. Representative from Iowa Steve King was unjustly convicted and expelled from the U.S. House for his role in leading the storming.

White is known for being highly secretive, with very few photographs of the Senator taken nor an official portrait. No reliable sources can be found about his early life and career, when he was born, his family and where he lives other than the fact he seems to be based in Arkansas's 4th congressional district, which he originally ran for in 2022 before choosing instead to run for the U.S. Senate. In a huge upset, White defeated incumbent Republican John Boozman in a race that was considered one of the most fraudulent in U.S electoral history. However, Boozman did not contest his loss, and White was seated. White has since failed constant calls for expulsion, however the Senate has not agreed on how White's case would be handled and thus White still serves.
Roger Marshall

**Roger Wayne Marshall** (born August 9, 1960) is an American Republican politician and doctor who has served as the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas since 2021. He was previously U.S. Representative from Kansas's 1st district, dubbed "The Big One", from 2017 until 2021; covering most of the state.

Marshall is an archconservative Republican who supported Newt Gingrich in 2012, opposes abortions even in cases of rape and incest, does not believe climate change exists, opposes medical marijuana, public healthcare and supports farm subsidies. Marshall does, however, support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Skibidi O. Rizzler

**Skibidi Ohio Rizzler** (born April 20, 1969) is an American Republican politician and hustler who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Nebraska since 2019. Rizzler previously served as the U.S. Representative from Nebraska's 2nd Congressional district. A staunch archconservative, many compare Rizzler to Jesse Helms.

Rizzler was elected narrowly to the House in 2012, with controversy supporting his support of Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich and Gingrich's attempts to overturn the election. Rizzler did not participate in the 2013 Capitol storming, but supported it and was censured for this support. Rizzler was mentioned as a potential candidate for the 2014 Senate race after Tom Osborne retired, but he chose to run for re-election to the House, with Ben Sasse winning the seat instead.

Rizzler then continued to serve in the House, winning a narrow race for re-election in 2016, and then running against one-term Democratic incumbent Bob Kerrey (who had served in the seat for 2 terms additionally beforehand from 1989 until 2001) in the 2018 Senate race. Rizzler defeated Kerrey handily, becoming U.S. Senator in 2019. Rizzler became the senior senator in 2023 upon Sasse's resignation to become President of the University of Florida.

Rizzler is staunchly conservative. He voted against the 2020 Respect for Marriage Act & against Representative Steve King's successful expulsion in 2013. Rizzler opposes legal gay marriage and is pro-life. Rizzler has clashed with Republican President George Pataki, attacking Pataki as too liberal for the Republican party.
Sean Parnell

**Sean Randall Parnell** (born November 19, 1962) is an American attorney and politician who is serving as the junior U.S. Senator from Alaska since 2023. He previously served as U.S. Representative from Alaska's 2nd Congressional district from 2007 until 2023. He served in the Alaska Legislature for 8 years, in the House from 1993 to 1997 and in the Senate from 1997 to 2001.

Parnell ran for the U.S. House seat being vacated by Sarah Palin while she ran for Governor in 2006. Palin won the governor's race and Parnell won the House seat. After a close re-election in 2008, Parnell would continue to be elected easily. When 59-year U.S. Senator Ted Stevens announced he would be retiring instead of seeking an eleventh term, Parnell announced his run for the U.S. Senate seat. Parnell placed second in the blanket Senate primary, before Ben Stevens and ahead of Kelly Tshibaka & Bill Wielechowski.

When the elder Stevens died in September, his son, Ben, was appointed, and thus got the incumbency advantage. However, Stevens would himself die a month after his father, leading 5th place finisher Tara Sweeney to be appointed to the seat. Sweeney sued for the 4th place spot, but the courts ruled against her. Parnell would win the general election against Tshibaka & Wielechowski, and he would be sworn in on January 3, 2023.
Ned Lamont

**Edward Miner Lamont Jr.** (born January 3, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Connecticut, a position he has held since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Defeating incumbent Joe Lieberman in the 2006 Democratic primary, Lamont has served as one of the most liberal Senators in Congress. Lamont was mentioned as a potential presidential candidate in 2016. As a U.S. Senator, Lamont has backed laws to legalize cannabis, betting in sports, and online gambling. In 2008, Lamont initially supported his senior senator Chris Dodd's presidential campaign. After Dodd dropped out of the race, Lamont became a state co-chair for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

Obama's victory in the Connecticut Democratic primary was credited to Lamont's ability to turn out the voter base he had built during his Senate campaign. In March 2008, he was the chair of the Connecticut delegation to the 2008 Democratic National Convention; his support pledged to Obama.
Steve Scalise

**Stephen Joseph Scalise** (October 6, 1965 - June 14, 2017) was an American Republican politician who was the House Majority Whip from 2014 to 2017. He was United States Representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district; the state's most Republican, from 2009 until his death in 2017.

Scalise first ran in 2004, but bowed out for establishment favourite Bobby Jindal. When Jindal ran for U.S. Senate in 2008, Scalise won the nomination and easily won in the district, even as Jindal lost the Senate race. Scalise became House Majority Whip in 2014 as Kevin McCarthy moved up, and he ran for Majority Leader preemptively when McCarthy was speaker designate in 2015; before McCarthy withdrew.

During practice in Alexandria, Virginia for the Congressional Baseball Game, Scalise was the only member of Congress shot by an assassin. While responsive at first, he went into shock on the way to the hospital and died the same day. Scalise was replaced by Rodney Davis as Majority Whip and was bipartisanly honored. He received posthumous votes for Speaker of the House in 2019 by the entire Lousiana delegation.
Jim Clyburn

**James Enos Clyburn** (born July 21, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and former teacher who was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2023. He has been the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district since 1991.

Clyburn was first elected to the U.S. House in 1990, succeeding Robin Tallon, who won a narrow race to become U.S. Senator. Clyburn first became Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in 2003, and then Chair in 2006 as Bob Menendez was appointed to the Senate. In 2007, Clyburn ran and won the role of Senate Majority Whip, the third ranking Democrat. In 2010, however, Republicans retook the majority, bumping Clyburn out of the role in 2011. Clyburn then served as Assistant Democratic Leader, third to the Minority Whip and Leader, until the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming, where Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was assassinated.

Clyburn then became Minority Whip to leader Steny Hoyer, serving until 2023. Hoyer did not seek re-election in 2022 even as polls showed Democrats regaining the majority, and Clyburn thus became the highest ranking prospective Democrat for speaker. Despite the fact that the more junior Hakeem Jeffries was a favorite for the Democratic leadership, Clyburn challenged Jeffries, and won the Democratic nomination in an upset, likely owing to his seniority and power within both Congress and the Democratic Caucus. Clyburn was elected speaker in 2023, beating Republican Minority Leader Patrick McHenry.

Following a motion to vacate filed by Jamie Raskin during a row over Committee assignments and the seniority system in the 118th Congress, as well as accusations of antisemitism and 'selling out the Democratic Party'. Clyburn denied all accusations, but was removed by the House Democratic Caucus.

As Speaker, Clyburn was second in the line of presidential succession, behind the Vice President, and ahead of the President pro tempore of the United States Senate. Clyburn is known for his kingmaker reputation; his endorsement helping Gary Locke win the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination after Locke was widely projected to lose the South Carolina primary; which he ended up winning following Clyburn's support.
Karl Ohs

**Karl Ohs** (born November 18, 1946) is an American Republican former politician and farmer who served as U.S. Senator from Montana from 2003 until 2009. Ohs was previously Lieutenant Governor from 2001 until 2002, and a state representative from 1995 until 2001.

Ohs was first elected in 2002, defeating Democratic incumbent Max Baucus, who was previously considered unbeatable. Ohs lost re-election in the Democratic wave of 2008; defeated by Democrat Jon Tester. Ohs became Montana's senior Senator in 2007 after Democrat Bill Yellowtail defeated Republican incumbent Conrad Burns.

Ohs had previously planned to retire following a brain cancer diagnosis in 2007, but Ohs was pressured by the Montana Republican Party to run again. Ohs refused calls to challenge Yellowtail in 2012, retiring from politics. As of 2023, Ohs is the last Republican to have served as U.S. Senator from Montana.
Chip Pickering

**Charles Willis** "**Chip**" **Pickering Jr.** (born August 10, 1963) is an American Republican politician and businessman who has served as the senior United States Senator from Mississippi since 2013. He was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2019 until 2023. Pickering previously served as U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 3rd congressional district from 1997 until 2009.

Pickering began his Senate career as a staffer to Senator Trent Lott from 1992 until 1996, where he helped shape the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Pickering was elected to the U.S. House later that year, serving six terms before retiring in 2008. Pickering ran to defeat Democratic incumbent Ronnie Musgrove in 2012 as Musgrove sought a full term after being elected in 2008 to complete Lott's term. Pickering won his former boss's seat by a large margin, and won re-election by a larger margin in 2018.

Pickering was chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2019 until 2023 after Lindsey Graham became Chair of the Judiciary Committee. He is now the Budget Committee's ranking member.
Captain Jack

**Francisco Alejandro Gutierrez** (born February 19, 1962), also known as **Franky Gee** and **Captain Jack**, is an American Democratic politician, musician and soldier who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Florida since 2017. Jack previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 18th congressional district from 2001 until 2013 and from the 27th district from 2013 until 2017; both districts centered around Miami. Jack was born in Havana, Cuba, moving to Miami, Florida with his family. While deployed in Germany, Jack overstayed his deployment to begin his career as a disc jockey. Jack formed the pop duo 'Captain Jack', creating a eurodance hit of the same name in 1995 with singer Liza De Costa.

Jack began his political career in 2000 when he was elected in a narrow race against moderate Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. Jack was seemingly to the right of Ros-Lehtinen, creating an odd situation where the traditional coalitions of the district flipped. However, upon his election, Jack's sporadic voting record led him to controversy. His colleagues nevertheless liked him, despite criticism that he did not "take the job seriously". Jack suffered a stroke in July 2002, but recovered and was re-elected that year. Jack suffered a massive stroka and was comatose in October 2005, and was nearly expelled by the House, but he awoke in early 2006 and won re-election once again later that year. He returned to his House duties in early 2008, winning the race that year by large margins amid a large Democratic wave via Senator Barack Obama's win in the state over incumbent President John McCain.

Jack was mentioned as a potential U.S. Senate candidate in 2004 when the seat was vacated by incumbent Bob Graham. However, Jack did not run. In 2016, Senator Jeb Bush vacated the seat to run for President, eventually winning the Presidential slot on the Republican ticket alongside running mate Meg Whitman. Jack defeated Republican U.S. Representative, colleague Ron DeSantis, in a race decided by a 2-point margin. DeSantis elleged fraud in the election, suing repeatedly until the Senate ruled Jack would be seated on December 30th, 2016. Jack was seated at the beginning of the Congress, although lawsuits only ended in 2018 with DeSantis's successful run for Governor.

Jack won re-election in 2022, after ruling out a run for Governor. On September 20th, 2023, Jack formed an exploratory committee to run for President against George Pataki in the 2024 election. Jack became the senior U.S. Senator in 2019 after Rick Scott defeated Bill Nelson and the dean of Florida's congressional delegation upon the April 2021 death of Representative Alcee Hastings.

## Personality

Jack is known for his sporadic voting record, erratic behavior and coarse personality, cursing a lot on the House and Senate floors; often shouting. He is nevertheless liked by his younger colleagues, although his older colleagues have labeled Jack as 'unserious' and even going as far to call for his resignation. Details about his personal life are mostly unknown, with it only known that Jack has a son because of his 2005 hemorrhagic stroke. It is unknown if Jack is married.
Ted Cruz

**Rafael "Ted" Edward Cruz** (born December 22, 1970) is an American Republican politician, attorney, and political commentator who has served as the senior United States senator from Texas since 2013. He was previously Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 until 2008.

First elected in 2012 as a Tea Party-backed candidate against establishment favorite, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, who was expected to succeed Minority Leader George W. Bush, Cruz was criticised for his support of Newt Gingrich's efforts to overturn the 2012 United States presidential election.

Cruz was the junior Senator for a single day until John Cornyn was assassinated in the 2013 U.S. Capitol storming. Dewhurst was appointed to the seat, and won in 2014, serving alongside Cruz for the first 8 years of his career until Dewhurst lost the 2020 Republican primary to video game developer Scott Cawthon.

Cruz announced his run for President of the United States in 2015. In the 2016 Republican primary, Cruz came in a close second to Florida U.S. Senator Jeb Bush, losing to Bush on the final ballot of the convention. Bush lost the general election. Cruz defeated Democrat Beto O'Rourke narrowly in 2018 to win a second term. He supported Mitch McConnell's challenge to Mitt Romney for Republican Senate leader in 2019. Cruz is running for re-election in 2024, and is expected to chair the Commerce Committee if Republicans regain the majority.
George Pataki

**George Elmer Pataki** (born June 24, 1945) is an American Republican politician and lawyer who has served as the 45th President of the United States since 2021, after he defeated the incumbent Democrat, Gary Locke, a former Governor of Washington and Vice President. Pataki previously served as the 54th Governor of New York from 1995 to 2006, besting Democratic incumbent Mario Cuomo in the 1994 race for Governor in an upset. He chose not to run for a fourth term in 2006 and was was succeeded by Democrat Eliot Spitzer. Prior to this, Pataki served in the New York state legislature for a decade and as mayor of his home town of Peekskill from 1981 until 1984.

Pataki has been floated as a candidate for multiple offices before, being a potential candidate for Andrew Cuomo's U.S. Senate seat in 2010 after he retired to run for Governor. Pataki refused to run, and the seat was won by former Democratic U.S. Congressman from Tennessee Harold Ford Jr.. Pataki then refused to run in the 2012 United States Presidential election, after previously considering a campaign. Pataki then ran shortly for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination for that year's election, but he dropped out in 2015 and endorsed the winner, California U.S. Senator Meg Whitman. Whitman considered Pataki for the vice presidential slot, but the nod went to Florida U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. Finally, Pataki announced his run in the 2020 presidential election.

After winning the nomination of his party, Pataki faced questions about his age, being 75 when he got the nomination. To fight this, Pataki ran an enthusiastic campaign. Pataki was endorsed by leading Republicans, such as President pro tempore Ted Stevens and former Senate Republican Leaders George W. Bush & Mitt Romney. Pataki attacked Locke on the economic recession after the COVID-19 pandemic and criticized the restrictions from the pandemic response as 'dystopian'. Pataki's running mate was James Mattis, a U.S. Marine Corps General

Mattis was somewhat a controversial pick, because he had no prior political service Regardless, Mattis racked up popularity for his military record, and the Pataki/Mattis ticket defeated the incumbent Locke/McAuliffe ticket.

Pataki's most notable achievements as governor included the creation of a number of new health care programs, presiding over recovery efforts following the September 11 attacks, and for increasing the state's credit rating three times. As President, Pataki has presided over the loosening of COVID restrictions and a growing division since the 2013 U.S. Capitol attack. Pataki is seen as a conservative, though he has been more moderate than most members of his party.
Patrick Leahy

**Patrick Joseph Leahy** (March 31, 1940 – September 21, 2001) was an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Senator from Vermont from 1975 until 2001. The first Democrat ever popularly elected to the U.S. Senate from Vermont, Leahy was the only Democrat until his death in 2001, when the United States anthrax attacks occurred. Infected on September 18, 2001, Leahy died 3 days later from respiratory failure.

His death lead to a restriction on Senate mail and widespread bipartisan tribute, with Leahy "becoming an anti-terrorist martyr". He was succeeded by Doug Racine. In April 2023, Mayor Miro Weinberger announced that Burlington International Airport would be renamed Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport.

Originally aspiring to the governorship in 1974, Leahy instead ran for the retiring George Aiken's Senate seat. Riding record Democratic coattails that year arising from a scandal involving corruption in the Republican party, Leahy was elected as the first ever Democrat to represent Vermont in the U.S. Senate. In October 1981, Leahy introduced an amendment that would have increased the Energy Department's enforcement budget by $13 million.

In March 1982, Leahy was named to the Senate Select Committee to Study Law Enforcement Undercover Activities of the Department of Justice, an eight-member select committee formed to investigate undercover operations. The resolution introducing the committee was the result of Harrison A. Williams's resignation for his involvement in the Abscam sting operation. On October 19, 1983, Leahy voted for a bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Leahy was active in the international effort to ban the production, export, and use of anti-personnel land mines. In 1992, he penned a bill to prohibit the export of land mines, the first law of its kind. Leahy supported the Student Non-Discrimination Act and supported an LGBTQIA+-supportive amendment in the Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act; the former addresses bullying based on gender identity and sexual orientation, while the latter prevents shelters from discriminating based on the same. Leahy claimed that both of these issues disproportionately impact the LGBTQIA+ community. Leahy consistently voted to uphold Social Security and opposed school vouchers.
Lanhee Chen

**Lanhee Joseph Chen** (born July 4, 1978) is an American Republican politician, advisor, academic and attorney who has served as the Governor of California since 2021. First elected in the September 14 recall election that successfully recalled incumbent Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, Chen won re-election in 2022.

He has filed to run in the 2024 United States Senate election in California after presidential speculation, challenging incumbent Democrat Xavier Becerra. Chen has consistently polled as the frontrunner or the runner-up in the open primary; usually beating out Becerra. Chen was an advisor to Senators Mitt Romney and John Thune, and a strong opponent of Newt Gingrich. He leans pro-choice.

On January 12, 2024, Chen formed the Republican Competent Leaders PAC; encouraging more academics and charismatic leaders to enter Republican politics.
Tom Osborne

**Thomas William Osborne** (born February 23, 1937) is a former American Republican politician, football player, coach and college athletics administrator from Nebraska. He served as head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1990 (18 seasons), before becoming a United States Senator from 1991 to 2015. Osborne was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
Pat Toomey

**Patrick Joseph Toomey Jr.** (born November 17, 1961) is a Republican American politician and businessman who has served as the senior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania since 2005. He served three terms as the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, from 1999 to 2005. He is the dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation.

Of mixed Irish Catholic and Azorean descent, Toomey graduated from Harvard College. A former Wall Street banker, Toomey narrowly won the Republican primary for United States Senate in 2004, defeating incumbent Arlen Specter. He was re-elected in 2010, 2016 and 2022. He considered a run for Governor in 2010, 2018 and 2022, though despite hints, he has never run for the office.