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1670 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 6 of 28.

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Cho Kyoung-taeKRPeople Power Party member of South Korea's National Assembly.
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Chris GowCisco Senior Director for EU Public Policy; represents US Big Tech on the regulatory panel at the Brussels sovereignty summit.
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Chris LaCivitaUSTrump 2024 campaign co-manager advising pro-Cornyn PAC; pressured Fellowship PAC to pull Paxton ad.
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Chris PappasUSDemocratic congressman running for New Hampshire's open US Senate seat in 2026.
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Chris PedregalGBCo-founder and CEO of Granola; two-time Google acqui-hire before building a London AI unicorn.
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Chris RichardsUSCrystal Palace and USMNT centre-back; 2025 US Soccer Player of the Year, World Cup doubt.
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Chris SununuFormer Republican governor of New Hampshire (2017-2025); now president and CEO of Airlines for America.
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Chris TaylorWisconsin liberal justice who secured a 5-2 Supreme Court majority in April 2026.
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Christian FreudingDEBundeswehr general who warned that Alabuga's scaling capacity could enable 2,000 Geran-2 launches in a single night.
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Christian KleinDEChief executive of SAP since 2020.
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Christian MenefeeUSTexas Democrat who won TX-18 special runoff, replacing Sylvester Turner in Congress.
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Christian PulisicUSAC Milan winger, USMNT captain, and the attacking spine of the 2026 home World Cup squad.
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Christian StockerATChancellor of Austria since March 2025 and leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party.
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Christina BohannanUSDemocratic candidate for Iowa's 1st District.
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Christina KochNASA Mission Specialist on Artemis II; first woman to travel beyond low Earth orbit.
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Christophe FouquetFrench executive serving as ASML's president and chief executive officer since April 2024.
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Christopher HarborneGBBritish businessman resident in Thailand; donated £37m total to Reform UK and Farage personally since 2019.
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Christopher LandauUSUS Deputy Secretary of State.
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Christopher MillerUSUS Navy official acting as portfolio manager for robotic and autonomous systems since August 2026.
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Christopher R. WolfeUSTrump judicial nominee confirmed to Western District of Texas, April 2026.
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Chris Van HollenUSJunior Democratic Senator for Maryland; Foreign Relations Committee member, serving since 2017.
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Chris WhelanGBFormer Reform UK councillor on Solihull council.
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Chris WrightUSUS Secretary of Energy since February 2025; directed FERC to open the large-load grid interconnection rulemaking.
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Chuck GrassleyUSRepublican US Senator from Iowa since 1981; did not vote on the fifth War Powers Resolution on 22 April 2026.
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Chuck SchumerUSNew York senator and Senate Democratic leader; plaintiff in the October election-official intimidation suit.
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Claudia SahmUSEconomist who created the Sahm Rule recession indicator; now at New Century Advisors.
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Claudia SheinbaumMXMexico's first female president since October 2024; managing World Cup security and domestic protest simultaneously.
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Claudio LotitoITLazio president and senator who petitioned for FIGC chief Gravina's removal.
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Claudio TapiaARPresident of the Argentine Football Association.
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Clay FullerRepublican who won Georgia 14th District runoff amid a 25-point Democratic swing.
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Cleo FieldsUSLouisiana Democratic congressman whose majority-Black district was erased post-Callais, absorbed into Cook's Solid R baseline.
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Cliff AsnessUSHedge fund manager who co-founded AQR Capital Management, a quantitative investment firm.
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Cody GakpoNLDutch forward who scored the 100th goal of the 2026 World Cup and netted twice in the Netherlands' 5-1 win over Sweden.
Cole AllenMan arrested at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting on 25 April, aged 31.
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Colin AllredUSFormer Texas congressman and 2026 Democratic nominee for Texas's 33rd congressional district.
Colin MackayGBSTV political editor who moderated the 2026 Scottish leaders debate where Sarwar led on NHS.
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Commander James KraskaUSUS Naval War College professor of international law; leading scholarly voice on naval law of armed conflict.
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Connor MetcalfeAUAustralian midfielder who scored Australia's second goal against Türkiye at the 2026 World Cup.
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Conor MurphyGBSinn Féin politician who warned that Stormont power-sharing is in a precarious place.
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Cord ByrdUSFlorida Secretary of State since 2022.
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Cory BookerUSUS Democratic Senator from New Jersey. Co-led the War Powers Resolution effort to require congressional authorisation for the Iran campaign.
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Count BinfaceGBSatirical 'unity candidate' who has stood in multiple recent UK by-elections including Clacton and Makerfield.
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Craig GordonGBScotland goalkeeper, 43, the oldest player at the 2026 World Cup.
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Craig MackinlayGBFormer MP for South Thanet, now Lord Mackinlay of Richborough.
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Craig SpencerUSMSF Guinea Ebola veteran who survived Ebola in NYC 2014; now at Brown University, testified USAID response unit is gone.
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Cristiano RonaldoPTPortuguese forward and five-time Ballon d'Or winner; one of two men to appear at six World Cups.
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Cristian RomeroARTottenham centre-back and 2022 World Cup winner whose deflected header won Argentina's round-of-32 tie.
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Cristina CaffarraEconomist and founder of EuroStack Initiative Foundation; keynoted Brussels summit on building a vertically integrated European compute stack.
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Cucho HernandezCOColombia forward whose penalty was saved by Gregor Kobel in the World Cup round-of-16 shootout.
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Cyle LarinCACanadian striker who scored as a substitute to earn Canada's first-ever World Cup point in their 2026 opener against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Daan StruyvenUSGoldman Sachs co-head of global commodities research; Wall Street's leading oil forecaster in 2026.
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Daichi KamadaJPJapanese attacking midfielder who scored the opening goal in the 1,000th World Cup match against Tunisia on 20 June 2026.
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Daisy CooperGBLib Dem deputy leader who wrote to the FCA requesting an investigation into Farage's crypto stake.
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Dame Mary NeyGBLead reviewer of the 2026 external review of Slough Borough Council's intervention.
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Damian BobadillaPYParaguay defender who scored an own goal in the 2026 World Cup opener.
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Dan DiorioUSRepresentative of the Data Center Coalition.
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Dan DriscollUSUS Secretary of the Army nominated by President Trump in 2025, with a background in private equity and military service.
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Daniel FriedUSFormer US State Department sanctions coordinator, now Atlantic Council senior fellow on Russia policy.
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Daniel GreenbergGBParliamentary Commissioner for Standards; opened formal Farage gift inquiry 13 May 2026.
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Daniel HollerUSUS State Department Counselor; signed the trilateral US-Israel-Lebanon framework for the United States on 27 June 2026.