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| White House Fellow in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 1990-91. | Elected to Congress from KS's 2nd CD def. former Gov. John Carlin (D). | Melanoma. | Elected to the U.S. Senate in Nov. 5 special election due to resignation of Bob Dole. | Re-elected to the U.S. Senate def. Paul Feleciano (D) 65%-32%. |
Former Gov. Jim Gilmore
| Re-elected
C'wealth's Attorney in Henrico County. |
Elected Virginia Attorney General. | Elected Governor of Virginia def. Lt. Gov. Don Beyer (D) (campaign slogan "No Car Tax"). | Chairs congressional advisory panel on domestic response capabilities to terrorism '99-'03. |
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani
| Practices law at Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky in Manhattan. | Elected 107th Mayor of the City of New York def. David Dinkins 49% to 46%. | Re-elected Mayor, defeating Ruth Messinger 59% to 41%. |
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee
| Runs for U.S. Senate; def. by Sen. Bumpers (D). Pres. of Cambridge Comms. 1992-96. | Elected Lt. Gov. in special election. (First Republican to win statewide office since 1990). | Re-elected Lt. Gov. def. Sen. Charlie Cole Chaffin (D). | July 15 - Becomes Governor following the resignation of Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. | Author of Character Is The Issue. | Elected Governor of Arkansas. Author of Kids Who Kill. |
Congressman Duncan Hunter
| Re-elected to a 6th term in the House. |
Sen. John McCain
| Reprimanded by the Senate Ethics Committee for "poor judgement" on Keating. | Re-elected to the U.S. Senate with 55.8% handily def. Claire Sargent (D), Evan Mecham (I). | Re-elected. Dec. 30-establishes presidential exploratory committee. | Declares himself candidate April 14. Faith of My Fathers. Formally announces Sept. 27. |
Rep. Ron Paul
| ...medical practice... | Elected to Congress. |
Former Gov. Mitt Romney
| Takes leave from Bain Capital, returns to serve as interim CEO of Bain & Company. | Republican nominee for U.S. Senate; def. by Sen. Edward Kennedy. | Wife Ann diagnosed with MS. | President and CEO of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, Feb. 1999-2002. |
Rep. Tom Tancredo
| ...Dept. of Education regional representative, serves 1981-92... | President of the Independence Institute, a think tank based in Golden, 1993-98. | Elected to Congress. |
Former Sen. Fred Thompson
| Joins Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin, & Kahn. | Elected to the U.S. Senate in Nov. 8 special election. | Re-elected to the U.S. Senate. |
Former Gov. Tommy Thompson
| Re-elected Governor def. Assembly Speaker Tom Loftus (D) by 58% to 42%. | Re-elected Governor def. state Sen. Chuck Chvala (D) by 67% to 31%. | April 25- Signs Wisconsin Works welfare-to-work legislation. | Re-elected Governor def. Ed Garvey (D) by 60% to 39%. |
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| Narrowly defeats Democrat David Worley. | Runs in new district due to redistricting. | Draws up "Contract with America" that helps GOP gain first majority in the House since 1954. | Time magazine's "Man of the Year." Elected Speaker of the House, serves to Jan. 1999. | To Renew America. Pres. Clinton effectively runs against "Dole- Gingrich." | House votes to reprimand and fine Gingrich. Effort to replace Gingrich as Speaker fails. | Lessons Learned The Hard Way. Republicans lose five seats. Resigns as Speaker. | Leaves Congress. Founds the Gingrich Group, a consulting firm. Divorces second wife. |
Sen. Chuck Hagel
| Deputy director of the G7 Summit. President and CEO of the Private Sector Council. | Pres. of McCarthy & Co. (investment banking), 1992-96. Chairman of AIS, 1992-95. | CEO of AIS, 1993-94. (AIS later became ES&S). | Elected to the U.S. Senate def. Gov. Ben Nelson (D) by 56.1% to 41.7% in an upset. | Seeks NRSC chairmanship but defeated by Sen. Mitch McConnell 39 to 13. |
Gov. George Pataki
| Re-elected to State Assembly. | Elected to the State Senate narrowly def. Sen. Mary B. Goodhue. | Pataki and family move from Peekskill to Garrison. | Elected Governor, def. three-term incumbent Mario Cuomo (D) 49%- 45%, Golisano 4%. | Re-elected Governor def. NYC Council Spkr Peter Vallone 53%-32%, Golisano 10%. |
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Sen. Bill Frist
| Early exploration into seeking public office. | Deputy Director TN Bush-Quayle. Serves on Gov.'s Medicaid Task Force, 1992-93. | Wins six-person primary. Elected to U.S. Senate def. Sen. Jim Sasser (D) 57%-43%. | Deputy Whip. Co-author of Tennessee Senators, 1911-2001 |
Sen. George Allen
| Virginia House of Delegates, 1983-91. | Elected to Congress from VA 7th CD in Nov. 5 special election. 7th CD redistricted. | Elected Governor of VA def. Attorney General Mary Sue Terry (D), 58% to 41%. | Term as Governor ends (term limited). Partner at McGuire Woods in Richmond. |
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