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Paul Simon
United States senator
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- presidential election of 1988
- In United States presidential election of 1988: The campaign
Paul Simon. Three candidates who were somewhat more inspiring had decided not to run: former senator Gary Hart of Colorado, who dropped out because of a sex scandal, reentered the race and then dropped out for good; New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley; and New York…
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- In United States presidential election of 1988: The campaign
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- Dukakis
- In Michael Dukakis
…Politics—and Why (2000; written with Paul Simon).
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- In Michael Dukakis
- Durbin
- In Dick Durbin
…to the state’s lieutenant governor, Paul Simon (1969–72), and to the Illinois State Senate Judiciary Committee (1972–82). After unsuccessful runs for a state senate seat in 1976 and for lieutenant governor in 1978, Durbin taught at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (1978–83) while continuing to practice law.
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- In Dick Durbin