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    United States Representative John Conyers, Jr., a Detroit Democrat, was re-elected in November 2006 to his twenty-first term in the U. S. House of Representatives.Congressman Conyers, a senior statesman in American political life, is respected and admired by colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Reserved and studious, he has quietly built a solid record of legislative achievement in his 42 years on the Capitol Hill. Mr. Conyers is the second most senior member of the House and serves as the Ranking Democrat on the pivotal House Judiciary Committee.