as in legislators
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
political activists strenuously lobbied the state's lawgivers to expand the scope of the civil rights legislation
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Noun
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This could result in a loss of nearly a third of the Congressional Black Caucus, along with roughly 200 Black state legislators all across the South.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026 -
Other states don't need their legislators to create a state ballot measure.—
Jeff Wagner,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Georgia is much more purple and has two Democratic senators.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
20 May 2026
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Georgia's lieutenant governor presides over Senate sessions, but senators decide how much power the official has.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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“Lawgivers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawgivers. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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