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Haley Stevens
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Haley Stevens

Haley Maria Stevens is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 11th congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevens represents most of urbanized Oakland County, including many of Detroit's northern suburbs. She ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Michigan, losing to Abdul El-Sayed.

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Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)
#2 Politics

Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)

Michael J. Rogers is an American law enforcement officer and politician who served from 2001 to 2015 as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 8th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from 2011 to 2015.

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James Talarico
#3 Politics

James Talarico

James Dell Talarico is an American politician, Presbyterian seminarian, and educator serving since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas.

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Kim Jong Un
#4 Politics

Kim Jong Un

Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011

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Mallory McMorrow
#5 Politics

Mallory McMorrow

Mallory Ann McMorrow is an American politician who has served in the Michigan Senate since January 2019. She became Senate majority whip on January 1, 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the 8th district; before that, from 2019 to 2023, she represented the 13th district. Prior to running for the Michigan Senate, McMorrow worked in industrial design.

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Sherrod Brown
#6 Politics

Sherrod Brown

Sherrod Campbell Brown is an American politician who served from 2007 to 2025 as a United States senator from Ohio. Previously, he served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983, was Ohio secretary of state from 1983 to 1991, and was the U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 1993 to 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and has been described as a populist.

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Mansour Abbas
#7 Politics

Mansour Abbas

Mansour Abbas is an Arab-Israeli dentist and politician. He is currently the leader of Ra'am and a Knesset Member on the party's behalf. He was appointed as the chair of Special Committee on Arab Society Affairs in the Knesset on 27 April 2021 and served as deputy Chairman of the Knesset. In 2021, Abbas became the first Israeli of Arab-Muslim origin to join an Israeli governing coalition as minister.

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Yousef Jabareen
#8 Politics

Yousef Jabareen

Yousef Taysir Jabareen is an Israeli Arab academic and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Hadash and the Joint List between 2015 and 2021.

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John Fetterman
#9 Politics

John Fetterman

John Karl Fetterman is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania, a seat he has held since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 2006 to 2019 as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, and from 2019 to 2023 as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania.

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Yair Golan
#10 Politics

Yair Golan

Yair Golan is an Israeli politician, the leader of The Democrats party, and reserve major general in the Israel Defense Forces.

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Nus Ghani
#11 Politics

Nus Ghani

Nusrat Munir Ul-Ghani is a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex Weald since 2024, having represented the predecessor constituency Wealden from 2015 to 2024. She has served as Chairman of Ways and Means, the senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons since 2024.

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Ashley Hinson
#12 Politics

Ashley Hinson

Ashley Elizabeth Hinson is an American politician, and former broadcast journalist, serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district since 2021. The district, which was numbered as Iowa's 1st district during her first term, covers much of northeastern Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Dubuque.

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Ted Cruz
#13 Politics

Ted Cruz

American politician (born 1970)

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Clarence Thomas
#14 Politics

Clarence Thomas

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

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Darline Graham
#15 Politics

Darline Graham

Darline Lettie Graham Nordone is an American politician and public administrator serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat she has held since July 14, 2026. A member of the Republican Party, she was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of her older brother, Lindsey Graham. She is the first woman to represent South Carolina in the United States Senate.

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Bezalel Smotrich
#16 Politics

Bezalel Smotrich

Bezalel Yoel Smotrich is an Israeli politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Finance since 2022. The leader of the Religious Zionist Party, he previously served as a Knesset member for the Jewish Home and Yamina, leaving in 2023 after resigning under the Norwegian Law, allowing him to remain a minister in the government while his seat in the Knesset could be taken by another candidate from his party.

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Elif Eralp
#17 Politics

Elif Eralp

Elif Eralp is a German lawyer and politician of Die Linke who has been a member of the Berlin House of Representatives since November 2021. She has served as deputy group leader of the party since 2024, and as deputy state chair of the party since 2025.

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Kim Jong Il
#18 Politics

Kim Jong Il

Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011

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Alberto Fujimori
#19 Politics

Alberto Fujimori

President of Peru from 1990 to 2000

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Aleksandar Vučić
#20 Politics

Aleksandar Vučić

5th President of the Republic of Serbia

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Nayib Bukele
#21 Politics

Nayib Bukele

President of El Salvador since 2019

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Indira Gandhi
#22 Politics

Indira Gandhi

Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)

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Naftali Bennett
#23 Politics

Naftali Bennett

Prime Minister of Israel from 2021 to 2022

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Greg Abbott
#24 Politics

Greg Abbott

Governor of Texas since 2015

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