Gov. Bill Richardson: A Timeline
Joins consulting firm Kissinger, McLarty & Richardson. Elected Governor of NM def. John Sanchez 56%-39%. Sets world hand shaking record. Chairman of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Chairman of Dem. Governors Assoc., 2005 and 2006. Author of
Between Worlds.
Seeking re-election to second term as Governor.
2000
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Re-elected. Re-elected.  Chief Deputy Whip.  Considered for Cabinet position. Re-elected.  In Dec. makes first trip to North Korea. In Baghdad negotiates with Saddam Hussein to gain release of two Americans. Re-elected. President Clinton names Richardson U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1998- 2001.
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Runs for Congress in NM's 1st CD, narrowly def. by inc. Rep. Manuel Lujan (R). Reopens consulting company. After close primary, elected to Congress from NM's 3rd CD, serves 1983-97 (elected 8 times). Chairman of the Hispanic Caucus.  Re-elected. Re-elected. Re-elected.
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1989

 
B.A. in French and political science from Tufts University. M.A. from Tufts' Fletcher School.  Interns for Rep. Brad Morse (R-MA), then staff for Morse. Aug. 5 - Marries Barbara Flavin. Leg. Management Officer, Cong. Relations at the State Department, early 1974-75. Staff Associate, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 1976-78. May-Moves to Santa Fe.  Exec. Dir. of NM Dem. Party.  Exec. Dir. of Bernalillo Dems.  Consultant - Richardson Trade Group (started late 1978).  Teaching at comm. college.
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Starts at Middlesex School in Concord, MA. note Starts at Tufts University.
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...six years of elementary school at the Pan American Workshop in Mexico City... 7th grade at the Crocker School in Mexico City. 
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Born Nov. 15, 1947 in Pasadena, CA. Grows up in Coyoacán area, Cuadrante de San Francisco, Mexico City...
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