Re-elected Governor def. Doug Gross (R) 53%-44%. | Chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. | April-Est. Heartland PAC. July 16- Chairman of the DLC. | Nov. 9-Files with the FEC. Nov. 30- Announces candidacy. | Jan.-Term as Governor ends. |
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Elected to the Iowa State Senate (serves through 1998). | Elected Governor def. former Rep. Jim Ross Lightfoot (R) in upset, 52%-47%. |
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Dec. 23-Son Doug born. | Elected Mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa (serves 1987-92). |
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Graduates from Hamilton College in Clinton, NY with an A.B. in history. To law school. | Aug. 18-Marries Christie Bell. | J.D. from Albany Law School, Union University. Joins father-in-law's firm. | ...partner, Bell & Vilsack Law Office, 1975-98... | Oct.
5-Son
Jess born. |
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Graduates from Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh. |
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Born Dec. 13, 1950 in Pittsburgh, PA; orphaned. | Adopted by Bud and Dolly Vilsack. |
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