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1583:October 2,
1392:January 9,
1314:References
1281:Democratic
1262:Democratic
1243:Democratic
1224:Democratic
1205:Republican
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1112:Republican
1108:Les Thomas
1093:Republican
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1015:Jane Hague
1000:Democratic
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871:Democratic
852:Democratic
835:Democratic
816:Republican
799:Republican
795:Lois North
780:Republican
761:Democratic
758:Pat Thorpe
744:Democratic
741:Bob Gaines
727:Democratic
723:Bob Greive
708:Democratic
704:Mike Lowry
689:Republican
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634:Democratic
615:Democratic
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561:Democratic
543:Republican
539:Bill Reams
524:Republican
506:Republican
502:Tracy Owen
474:As of 2024
435:Ordinances
166:Committees
118: (D)
110:Vice Chair
103: (D)
95:Vice Chair
70:Leadership
1239:Jan Drago
666:Ruby Chow
630:Ed Heavey
494:Term end
482:District
402:Structure
226:Elections
124:Structure
1457:March 5,
1431:March 5,
1349:March 5,
867:Ron Sims
611:Ed Munro
521:Bob Dunn
444:suburban
412:partisan
382:Meetings
261:Website
221:4 years
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1268:2024
1249:2010
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1194:2009
1175:2013
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805:1992
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767:1979
750:1977
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714:1979
695:1993
676:1985
657:1976
640:1975
621:1973
602:1975
585:1973
568:1980
549:1989
530:1979
513:1981
256:98104
246:1200
129:Seats
1585:2021
1559:2024
1533:2024
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1481:2024
1459:2021
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1394:2024
1351:2021
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1265:2011
1246:2010
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838:1982
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692:1974
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