carpetbagger
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someone who gets involved in politics in a place away from where they live, because they think they will be more successful there
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someone who gets involved in politics in a place away from where they live, because they think they will be more successful there
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someone who is a member of the U.S. congress, especially the House of Representatives
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a woman who is a member of the U.S. congress, especially of the House of Representatives
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someone with a lot of experience in politics or government who is given a lot of respect
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a politician or official in the European Union. This word is often used as a criticism to describe officials who have too much influence on the lives and work of people in EU countries.
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a junior politician or official who does boring work for a political party and is not respected
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a member of the U.S. house of representatives who is the leader of the political party with the greatest number of members
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someone who people have elected to represent them in a parliament. Members of Parliament are usually called MPs.
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Member of the European Parliament: a politician who represents one of the regions of a country in the European Union
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Member of Parliament: someone who has been elected to represent people from a particular district in a parliament
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someone whose job is to give reporters information that makes a politician or an organization seem as good as possible
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someone who is very good at giving information about a politician or organization in a way that makes them seem as good as possible
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an official in a political party whose job is to make certain that other members go where they are needed and that they vote in the correct way
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