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American independent senator from Vermont and two-time Democratic presidential candidate whose democratic socialist platform — Medicare for All, free college, wealth taxes — moved the Overton window on progressive economic policy in the US and inspired a generation of left-wing political organizing.
Marcus Favonius — Roman senator and devoted follower of Cato — who appears in Plutarch's life of Brutus as an eccentric Stoic who reproached Brutus and Cassius for quarreling.
Republican Senator from North Dakota (2011–) — former Governor of North Dakota (2000–2010) — who managed North Dakota's oil boom and has been a consistent voice for energy development in the Senate.
Republican Senator from Texas (2013–) — former Texas Solicitor General — Harvard Law Review editor — who argued multiple cases before the Supreme Court — 2016 Republican presidential candidate (lost to Trump) — the most constitutionally literate Senator in recent memory.