"representative" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He was the first black representative elected west of the Mississippi River.
- There is currently one position as black representative.
- Because of disfranchisement, there were no black representatives from the South in Congress.
- The Government said it would not try to enact an amnesty over the opposition of black representatives.
- Obviously, white-majority areas should never be thought of as places that will easily elect black representatives.
- The general rule is that the whiter the jurisdiction, the more conservative its black representative will have to be.
- But they also talked of the emotional importance of sending a black representative to Washington from the district.
- The seat has been held by a black representative since.
- And having a black representative in a rural district goes a long way toward shattering stereotypes about the policy positions minority candidates take.
- The Council has not had a black representative since January 1986.
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