Republican Candidates: The 1970s
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Sen. Sam Brownback
KS FFA president, 1974-75.  Graduates from Prairie View High School, Lacygne.  National FFA vice president, 1976-77. Graduates from Kansas State Univ.  with B.S. in ag. economics.  Intern for Sen. Bob Dole.

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore
Undergrad. degree in foreign affairs from Univ. of VirginiaJoins U.S. Army. Sergeant with 650th Military Intelligence Group in Mannheim, West Germany. Continues three year tour. Starts at Univesity of Virginia Law School. J.D. from University of Virginia Law School.  July 26- Marries Roxane Gatling. Attorney in private practice: Harris, Tuck, Frazier & Johnson...

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Joins the U.S. Attorney's Office. Named Chief of the Narcotics Unit. Two years in DC as Associate Deputy Attorney General and chief of staff to the Deputy AG. Practices law at Patterson, Belknap, Webb and Tyler, 1977-81.

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
Elected Governor of Arkansas Boys State. Graduates from Hope High School.  Starts at Ouachita Baptist University. May 25 - Marries Janet McCain.  (Children: John Mark, David and Sarah).  Graduates from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia (2 1/2 years to complete). Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1976-77.

Rep. Duncan Hunter
...Vietnam veteran; serves in the 173rd Airborne and 75th Army Rangers, 1969-71.  Marries Lynne Layh. J.D. and B.S.L from Western State University Law School in San Diego, 1976. First son Duncan Duane Hunter born. ...Attorney in private practice in Barrio Logan San Diego...

Sen. John McCain
POW since Oct. 26, 1967. March 14-Released as POW.  Returns to Jacksonville, FL.  Attends National War College in DC. Navy flight instructor. Navy Senate Liaison Office, 1977-81.

Rep. Ron Paul
...medical practice in Brazoria County... Unsuccessful candidate for Congress. Elected to Congress in a special election in April.  Defeated in November.  Elected to Congress. 

Former Gov. Mitt Romney
First child Taggart born.  Works on mother Lenore's U.S. Senate race. B.A. from Brigham Young University.  To Boston and starts at Harvard. M.B.A from Harvard Business School and J.D. from Harvard Law School. Works at Boston Consulting Group, an international business consulting firm, 1975-77. Joins Bain & Company, a Boston-based management consulting firm. Vice President of Bain & Company,

Rep. Tom Tancredo
...Teacher at Drake Junior High School in Arvada, CO... State Rep.,
1976-81.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson
Works on (manages?) Sen. Howard Baker's  re-election campaign. Minority counsel on the “Watergate Committee”, 1973-74.  Author of At That Point in Time.  Becomes registered lobbyist.

Former Gov. Tommy Thompson
Elected to the Wisconsin Assembly for a third term. Elected assistant minority leader in the Assembly. Loses February special election primary in the 6th CD to Tim Loftus (R).
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Former Speaker Newt Gingrich
Professor of History and Environmental Studies at West Georgia College, 1970-78. Doctoral degree in Modern European History from Tulane University. Unsuccessful campaign for Congress in GA-6, def. by Jack Flynt. Unsuccessful campaign for Congress in GA-6, def. by Jack Flynt. Elected to Congress in GA-6 def. Virginia Shapard.

Sen. Chuck Hagel
Graduates from Univ. of Nebraska. Staffer to Rep. John Y. McCollister (R-NE), 1971-77. Manager of Gov't Affairs for The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in D.C., 1977-80. 

Gov. George Pataki
Earns J.D. from Columbia Law School.  Advance work for Rockefeller campaign. Works for 4 years at Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood on Wall Street.  Marries Elizabeth "Libby" Rowland.  Returns to Peekskill; opens branch office of Plunkett & Jaffe. Chairman of the Peekskill Republican Committee, 1977-83. Campaign manager Mary B. Goodhue for State Senate.  Aide to Goodhue.

 

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Sen. Bill Frist
Graduates from Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville. Interns for Congressman Joe L. Evins (R-TN). Graduates from Princeton University with A.B. from the Woodrow Wilson School. Graduates from Harvard Medical School with M.D..  Resident in surgery MassGen 1978-83.

Sen. George Allen
Graduates from Palos Verdes High School.  Starts at UCLA. Transfers to the University of Virginia. B.A. in History from the University of Virginia.  Starts law school at University of Virginia. Summers 1974-76 buckarooing near Winnemucca, NV. Heads Young Virginians for Reagan. J.D. from the University of Virginia.  Law Clerk, Judge Glen Williams, 1977-78. Charlottesville private law practice, 1978-91.  June - Marries Anne Patrice Rubel.  Rep. nominee for Virginia House of Delegates. 

 
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