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| x Gavin Newsom |
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Mayor of San Francisco |
Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the current mayor of San Francisco. A Democrat, Newsom was elected mayor in 2003, succeeding Willie Brown and becoming San Francisco's youngest mayor in 100 years. Newsom was re-elected in 2007...
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| x Edwin M. Lee | San Francisco City Administrator | San Francisco | |||
| x Michela Alioto-Pier |
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San Francisco Supervisor | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | San Francisco |
Michela Alioto-Pier (born 1968) is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She represents District 2, encompassing the Marina and Pacific Heights neighborhoods. She previously served as a member of the San Francisco Port Commission. She...
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| x Aaron Peskin |
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President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | San Francisco |
Aaron Peskin (born 1964) is a former member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was first elected to the Board in 2000, and was re-elected in 2004. In January 2005, his colleagues elected him President of the Board.
Peskin was born and...
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| San Francisco Supervisor | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | San Francisco | |||
| x Ugyen Wangchuck |
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King of Bhutan | Bhutan |
Gongsa Ugyen Wangchuck (or Deb Nagpo) (Dzongkha: , Wylie: o rgyan dbang phyug; 1862-1926) was the first Maharaja of Bhutan from 1907 to 1926. He was born in 1862 to Jigme Namgyal, Penlop (governor) of Trongsa and Ashi Pema Choki. He succeeded the...
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| x Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk | Prime Minister of Bhutan |
Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk (born 1950) is a political figure in Bhutan. He was Chairman of the Council (Prime Minister) from 2001 until 2002. In September 2006, he became Prime Minister again; he was then replaced by Kinzang Dorji on 2 August 2007,...
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| Lyonpo | Lhengye Zhungtshog | Bhutan | |||
| x Ted Arnott | Member of Provincial Parliament | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | Ontario |
Theodore Calvin Arnott (born April 8, 1963 in Fergus, Ontario) is a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing the district of Wellington—Halton Hills.
Arnott received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid...
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| x Dalton McGuinty | Premier of Ontario | Ontario |
Dalton James Patrick McGuinty, Jr., MPP (born July 19, 1955 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian lawyer and politician and, since October 23, 2003, premier of the Canadian province of Ontario. He is the twenty-fourth premier of Ontario, and the second...
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| Member of Provincial Parliament | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | Ontario | |||
| x Wen Jiabao |
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Premier of the People's Republic of China | China |
Wen Jiabao (simplified Chinese: 温家宝; traditional Chinese: 温家寶; pinyin: Wēn Jiābǎo; Wade-Giles: Wen Chia-pao; born 15 September 1942) is the current Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, serving as the country's head of...
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| x Zhu Rongji |
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Premier of the People's Republic of China | China |
Zhū Róngjī (simplified Chinese: 朱镕基; traditional Chinese: 朱鎔基; pinyin: Zhū Róngjī; Wade-Giles: Chu Jung-chi; born October 1, 1928 in Changsha, Hunan) is a prominent Chinese politician who served as the Mayor and Party chief in Shanghai between 1987...
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| x Wu Yi |
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Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | State Council of the People's Republic of China | China |
Wu Yi (simplified Chinese: 吴仪; traditional Chinese: 吳儀; pinyin: Wú Yí; born November 1938 in Wuhan, Hubei, China) was one of four Vice Premiers of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, overseeing the country's economy until March 2008...
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| Minister | Chinese Ministry of Health | China | |||
| Minister | Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation | China | |||
| Vice Minister | Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation | China | |||
| Secretary | Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation | China | |||
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| x Zeng Peiyan |
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Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China | State Council of the People's Republic of China | China |
Zeng Peiyan (Chinese: 曾培炎; pinyin: Zēng Péiyán; born December 1938 in Shaoxing, Zhejiang) is a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2007 and was a Vice-premier from 2003 to 2008.
Zeng...
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| x Strom Thurmond |
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James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator. He also ran for the Presidency of the United States in 1948 as the segregationist States...
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| x Jerry Springer |
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Mayor of Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English/American television personality, best known as host of the tabloid talk show The Jerry Springer Show since its debut in 1991. He is a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio,...
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| x Samuel Alito |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | Supreme Court of the United States |
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed by President George W. Bush and has served on the court since January 31, 2006.
Raised in Hamilton Township, New...
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| x Micheline Calmy-Rey | |||||
| x Yoshio Utsumi |
Yoshio Utsumi (内海 善雄, Utsumi Yoshio) (born August 14, 1942) was the secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union, 1998-2006.
He was born in Japan in 1942, and earned his Bachelor in law at the University of Tokyo, and a Master of...
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| x Pekka TARJANNE | |||||
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| x John Howard |
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Leader of the Opposition | Australian House of Representatives | Australia |
John Winston Howard, AC (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies.
Howard was a member of the Australian...
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| Treasurer of Australia | Australian House of Representatives | Australia | |||
| Prime Minister of Australia | Australian House of Representatives | Australia | |||
| Member of the Australian Parliament | Australian House of Representatives | ||||
| x Peter Garrett |
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Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment & Heritage, Arts | Australian House of Representatives | Australia |
Peter Robert Garrett AM MP (born 16 April 1953), is an Australian musician, environmentalist and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kingsford Smith, New South Wales, since October...
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| Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts | |||||
| Member of the Australian Parliament | Australian House of Representatives | ||||
| x Julie Bishop |
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Member of the Australian Parliament | Australian House of Representatives |
Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian politician and the current Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia. She holds this title as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. She is the party's first...
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| x Allan Rocher | Australian Senator | Australian Senate |
Allan Rocher (born 16 February 1936), Australian politician, is a former Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives, and later an Independent, who represented the blue-ribbon Liberal Division of Curtin in Western...
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| Member of the Australian Parliament | Australian House of Representatives | ||||
| x Mahatma Gandhi |
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, pronounced [moːɦənˈdaːs kəɾəmˈtʂənd ˈɡaːndʱiː] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence...
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| x Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
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Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (March 12, 1911 - July 15, 1979) served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970.
Díaz Ordaz was born in San Andrés Chalchícomula (Ciudad Serdán, Puebla). His father, Ramón Díaz Ordaz Redonet, worked as an accountant, while...
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| x Felipe G. Calderón |
Felipe Calderón y Roca (April 4, 1868 – July 6, 1908) was a Filipino politician.
Calderón y Roca was born in Santa Cruz de Malabon (now Tanza), Cavite, to Don José Gonzales Calderón and Doña Manuela Roca.
He studied at the Ateneo Municipal de Manila...
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| x Felipe Calderón Hinojosa |
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President of Mexico | Mexico |
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (Spanish pronunciation: [feˈlipe kaldeˈɾon], born on August 18, 1962) is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for one six-year term that will end in 2012 without...
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| x George W. Bush |
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President of the United States | United States of America |
George Walker Bush ( /ˈdʒɔrdʒ ˈwɔːkər ˈbʊʃ/ (help·info); born July 6, 1946) was the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and the 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
Bush is the eldest son of George H. W. Bush (the 41st...
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| Governor of Texas | Texas | ||||
| x Luis Calderón Vega |
Luis Calderón Vega (1911 – 1989) was a Mexican politician and writer. Along with other leading opposition politicians, he was one of the founders of the National Action Party (PAN) in 1939.
Calderón Vega, who married María del Carmen Hinojosa...
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| x Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
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Head of Government of the Federal District | Mexico City |
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (born November 13, 1952) is a Mexican politician who held the position of Head of Government of the Federal District (roughly, Mayor of Mexico City) from 2000 to 2005, before resigning in July 2005 to contend the 2006...
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| x Marcelo Ebrard |
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Head of Government of the Federal District | Mexico City |
Marcelo Luis Ebrard Casaubón (born on October 10, 1959 in Mexico City) is the current Head of Government of the Federal District since December 5, 2006. He is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) who served...
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| x Al Gore |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Albert Arnold Gore, Jr., is an American environmental activist, author, businessperson, former politician and former journalist. He served as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. ...
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| United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America | |||
| United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America | |||
| Vice President of the United States | United States of America | ||||
| United States Senator | United States Senate | ||||
| x Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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United States Secretary of State | United States Cabinet | United States of America |
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (pronounced /ˈhɪləri daɪˈæn ˈrɒdəm ˈklɪntən/; born October 26, 1947) is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving within the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York...
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| United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America | |||
| x Yossi Sarid |
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Member of the Knesset | Knesset | Israel |
Yossi Sarid (Hebrew: יוסי שריד, born 24 October 1940) is a left-wing Israeli news commentator and former politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for the Alignment, Ratz and Meretz between 1974 and 2006. A former Minister of Education and...
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| x Robert Aderholt |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Robert Brown Aderholt (born July 22, 1965) is an American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Alabama's 4th congressional district (map). The district includes most of the far...
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| x Spencer Bachus |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Spencer Thomas Bachus III (born December 28, 1947), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 6th congressional district. The district includes the whiter,...
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| x Josiah Bonner |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Josiah Robins (Jo) Bonner, Jr. (born November 19, 1959), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 1st congressional district.
Bonner was born in Selma, Alabama...
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| x Robert Cramer |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives |
Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer, Jr., (born August 22, 1947) is an American politician and was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing Alabama's 5th congressional district. On March 13, 2008, Cramer...
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| x Artur Davis |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Artur Genestre Davis (born October 9, 1967) is an American politician who has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 7th congressional district. It encompasses the counties of...
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| x Terry Everett |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives |
Robert Terry Everett (born February 15, 1937) is an American politician, who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing Alabama's 2nd congressional district.
On September 26, 2007, Everett...
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| x Michael D. Rogers |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Michael Dennis (Mike) Rogers (born July 16, 1958), is American politician and a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2003, representing Alabama's 3rd congressional district.
A fifth generation resident of Calhoun...
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| x Jefferson Sessions |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is the junior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected in 1996, Sessions is a member of the Republican Party. He serves as the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary...
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| x Richard Shelby |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is the senior U.S. Senator from Alabama. Originally elected to the Senate as a Democrat, Shelby switched to the Republican Party in 1994 when it gained the majority in Congress.
Shelby was born in Birmingham,...
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| x Lisa Murkowski |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Lisa Ann Murkowski (born May 22, 1957) is the senior U.S. Senator from the State of Alaska. Murkowski, a Republican, is the only woman ever elected to Congress from her state, in addition to being the first Senator born in Alaska.
Murkowski was born...
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| x Theodore Stevens |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Theodore Fulton Stevens (born November 18, 1923) is a former United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009. Stevens was President pro tempore in the 108th and 109th Congresses from January 3, 2003, to...
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| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | United States Senate | United States of America | |||
| United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America | |||
| x Donald Young |
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United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America |
Donald Edwin "Don" Young (born June 9, 1933) has been the sole Representative from Alaska in the United States House of Representatives since 1973. He is a Republican. Currently Young is the 7th most senior U.S. Representative and the 2nd most...
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| x Pervez Musharraf |
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President of Pakistan |
General (ret) Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرویز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943), NI(M), TBt, was the 10th President of Pakistan and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army,.
He took power on 12 October 1999, following a nonviolent military coup d'état...
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| x Ted Kennedy |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected in November 1962, he was elected nine times and served for 46 years in the U.S....
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| x John Kerry |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, and is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he was defeated by 34 electoral votes...
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| x John McCain |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.
McCain followed his father and grandfather, both four-star admirals, into...
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| United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America | |||
| x Jon Kyl |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Jon Llewellyn Kyl (born April 5, 1942) is the Republican junior U.S. Senator representing Arizona. He is currently the Senate Minority Whip, tasked with maintaining party discipline. Jon Kyl was born in the Midwest and moved to Arizona for College...
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| United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America | |||
| x Blanche Lincoln |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1998, at 38, Lincoln became the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She is the second female...
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| United States Representative | United States House of Representatives | United States of America | |||
| x Jo Leinen |
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Minister |
Jo Leinen (born April 6, 1948 in Bisten) is a German Member of the European Parliament. He was elected on the SPD ticket and sits with the Party of European Socialists group.
He obtained a law degree in Germany in 1972 and a Certificate of Advanced...
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| x Altiero Spinelli |
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Member of the European Commission | European Commission |
Altiero Spinelli (31 August 1907 — 23 May 1986) was an Italian political theorist and a European Federalist. Spinelli is referred to as one of the "Founding Fathers of the European Union" due to his co-authorship of the Ventotene Manifesto (see...
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| x Mark Pryor |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Mark Lunsford Pryor (born January 10, 1963) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from Arkansas, serving since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, he holds the same seat in the U.S. Senate once held by his father, David...
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| x Barbara Boxer |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and the current junior U.S. Senator from the State of California. She holds the record for the most popular votes in a statewide contested election in California,...
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| x Dianne Feinstein |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (pronounced /ˈfinestine/; born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California and a member of the Democratic Party. Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, after serving as Mayor of San...
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| San Francisco Supervisor | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | San Francisco | |||
| Mayor of San Francisco | |||||
| x Wayne Allard |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is a member of the Republican Party, and was a United States Senator from Colorado. He did not seek re-election in 2008.
Allard was born in Fort Collins, Colorado to Sibyl Jean Stewart and Amos Wilson Allard...
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| x Christopher Dodd |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician currently serving as the senior U.S. Senator from Connecticut.
Dodd is a Connecticut native and a graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda...
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| x Joe Lieberman |
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United States Senator | United States Senate | United States of America |
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is the junior United States Senator from Connecticut. First elected to the Senate in 1988, Lieberman was elected to a fourth term on November 7, 2006. In the 2000 United States presidential...
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