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Troubled, alone, I reflected on how to find my house members (7,8)

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federal election

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'how to find my house members' is the definition.
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'troubled alone i reflected' is the wordplay.
'troubled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'alone'+'i'+'reflected'='aloneireflected'
'aloneireflected' with letters rearranged gives 'FEDERAL ELECTION'.

'on' is the link.

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