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Barbara Mikulski

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U.S. Senator

The Resume

    (July 20, 1936- )
    Democratic Congresswoman from Maryland (1976-1986)
    Democratic Senator from Maryland (January 3, 1987-January 3, 2017)
    Pro-choice

Why she might be annoying:

    She ranked second on Washingtonian Magazine’s list of meanest senators.
    She also ranked third on Washingtonian’s list of senators with the hottest temper.
    She keeps putting her hands into fists in photographs.
    She announced in 1986 that she would retire from politics but then changed her mind and ran for Senate.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was a social worker before she entered politics.
    She campaigned to stop a 16-lane highway from being built through a Baltimore neighborhood.
    She wrote legislation to protect senior citizens.
    She was easily re-elected in 2004.

Credit: The Truffle


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 44 Votes: 59.09% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 34 Votes: 32.35% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 77 Votes: 51.95% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 56 Votes: 51.79% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 370 Votes: 52.97% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 504 Votes: 65.48% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 184 Votes: 71.20% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 344 Votes: 60.76% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 2994 Votes: 65.36% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3652 Votes: 67.83% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 3358 Votes: 51.70% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 4499 Votes: 54.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 2388 Votes: 58.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 1755 Votes: 58.63% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1434 Votes: 60.81% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 200 Votes: 78.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 334 Votes: 67.37% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 465 Votes: 53.12% Annoying