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Samuel Dale Brownback	Representative and a Senator from Kansas; born in Garnett, Kans., September 12, 1956. He was an attorney in Manhattan, Kansas before becoming the Kansas secretary of agriculture in 1986. In 1990, he was accepted into the White House Fellow program and detailed to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative from 1990 to 1991. Brownback then returned to Kansas to resume his position as secretary of agriculture and remained in that position until 1993. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1994, and next ran in the 1996 special Senatorial election to replace Bob Dole, who had resigned his Senate seat during his presidential campaign. Brownback defeated U.S. Senator Sheila Frahm, who had been appointed to fill the seat of U.S. Senator Bob Dole in 1996, when Dole resigned in the middle of his term to campaign for president. In the general election, he defeated Democrat Jill Docking and was elected to a full term in the Senate in 1998. He won re-election in the 2004 Senate election with 69% of the vote, easily defeating his Democratic challenger, Lee Jones, a former Washington, D.C. lobbyist.
James Stuart Gilmore III	Born October 6, 1949, is a Republican politician who served as Governor of Virginia and Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is a declared candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.Gilmore was born in Richmond, Virginia to Margaret Evelyn Kandle and James Stuart Gilmore, Jr., a grocery store meat cutter. He graduated from John Randolph Tucker High School and received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1971. After a three-year tour as a U.S. Army counterintelligence agent in West Germany, he entered the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1977. After working for a decade as a lawyer at the firm Benedetti, Gilmore, Warthen and Dalton, he was elected Commonwealth's Attorney in his home county of Henrico County in 1987 and 1991. Gilmore was elected Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1997. From 1999 to 2003, Gilmore chaired the Congressional Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, nicknamed the Gilmore Commission.A "Draft Gilmore for President" group was formed in August 2006 encouraging Gilmore to run for president. On December 19, 2006, Gilmore announced he would form an exploratory committee to "fill the conservative void" in the race.
Rudolph William Louis Giuliani	Born May 28, 1944, is an American politician currently running for the Republican nomination for the office of President of the United States. He is best known as the Mayor of New York City during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Giuliani went on to Manhattan College in Riverdale, Bronx, where he majored in political science with a minor in philosophy; there he considering becoming a Catholic priest. He was elected president of his class in his sophomore year, but lost the same election in his junior year. He joined the Phi Rho Pi fraternity, and was active in shaping its direction.He graduated in 1965. Giuliani was U.S. Attorney until January 1989, resigning as the Reagan administration ended. He garnered criticism until he left office for his zealous handling of cases and was accused of prosecuting cases for political ambitions. He joined the law firm White & Case in New York City as a partner. He remained with White & Case until May 1990, when he joined the law firm Anderson Kill Olick & Oshinsky, also in New York City.
Michael Dale Huckabee	Was born in August 24, 1955, is the former governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas, having served from 1996 to 2007. He moved up from lieutenant governor following the resignation of Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. Huckabee became Arkansas' 44th elected governor after winning the November 1998 election with the highest percentage of the vote ever received by a Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arkansas. He was elected to another four-year term in November 2002. He was only the third Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction. He officially announced his candidacy for the United States presidential election, 2008 on January 28, 2007.
Duncan Lee Hunter	A Representative from California; born in Riverside, Riverside County, Calif., May 31, 1948. Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the 109th Congress. In the 2006 general election, he defeated Navy veteran/minister John Rinaldi, a Democrat, and Michael Benoit, a Libertarian. Hunter was re-elected with 65% of the vote, a 33-point margin over Rinaldi. Hunter is currently seeking the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.His son, Duncan D. Hunter (an Iraq War veteran), is currently a candidate for his Congressional seat in 2008.
John Sidney McCain III	Representative and a Senator from Arizona; born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, 1936; attended schools in Alexandria, Va.; graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. McCain announced he is seeking the 2008 Presidential nomination from the GOP on the February 28, 2007, telecast of the Late Show With David Letterman. On April 25, 2007, shortly after noon in Prescott Park on the waterfront of Portsmouth, NH McCain officially started his 2008 presidential campaign. He then visited Manchester, NH on the same day before starting a planned three day campaign rally in South Carolina, Iowa, Nevada, and Arizona.
Ronald Ernest Paul	He has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997 and previously represented Texas's 22nd district. He has earned the nickname "Dr. No" because he is a medical doctor who votes against any bill he believes violates the Constitution. On March 12, 2007, Paul announced his candidacy for the 2008 presidential election seeking the nomination of the Republican Party. Representative, United States House of Representatives, Texas District 14 1996-present Candidate, United State's President, Libertarian, 1988 United State's House of Representatives, Texas District 22, 1976-1977, 1979-1985 United State's Senate, Republican Candidate, 1984 Republican Nominee for United States House of Representatives, 1974 Chairman, The Liberty Caucus of Fellow Congressmen on Capitol Hill.
Willard Mitt Romney	Romney is a former CEO of Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, and the co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. Prior to Bain, he worked for The Boston Consulting Group. Romney is credited with reviving the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah from near bankruptcy as the Salt Lake Olympic Committee's CEO and organizer after scandal led to financial disarray. He is also the former governor of Massachusetts, head of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics organizing committee, and venture capitalist with Bain & Company helping found and invest in companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation, and The Sports Authority. He is now running for President of the United States as a Republican.
Thomas Gerard Tancredo	Tom Tancredo grew up in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Political Science. Tancredo won re-election in 2006 against Democratic challenger Bill Winter by a 59%-40% margin. The district includes most of Denver's southern suburbs. In 1981, Tom resigned his seat in the legislature to accept an appointment in the Reagan administration. In May 1993, Tom accepted the presidency of the Independence Institute, a conservative, public policy research organization in Golden, Colorado. During his tenure, the Institute experienced dramatic growth in both revenues and visibility. The Institute's weekly television program - Independent
Frederick Dalton Thompson	Frederick Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Republican Senator from Tennessee (now residing in McLean, Virginia). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, researching national security and intelligence. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, researching national security and intelligence.Thompson is also a public speaker with the Washington Speakers Bureau. In 1994, Thompson was elected to finish the remaining two years of Al Gore's unexpired Senate term after Gore was elected Vice President of the United States in 1992.While in the Senate, Thompson served as the chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1997 to 2001 and January 20 to June 6, 2001. The committee conducted investigations into allegations that China attempted to influence American politics prior to the 1996 elections
Tommy George Thompson	Born November 19, 1941, a United States politician, was the 7th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services and the 42nd Governor of Wisconsin. On April 1, 2007, he announced on This Week that he is a candidate for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election. Tommy G. Thompson has dedicated his life and career to public service, first as a state lawmaker from his hometown of Elroy, Wisconsin, followed by an unprecedented four terms as Governor of Wisconsin and four years as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As Governor of Wisconsin from 1987 to 2001, Thompson repeatedly cut taxes while holding the line on state spending. Under Thompson, Wisconsin led the nation in moving tens of thousands of families off of the dependence on a welfare check to the independence of a paycheck. He removed government from the schoolhouse door for thousands of minority students in Milwaukee by allowing them to choose where they go to school – no matter where they live or how much money their families earn. He gave hard-working families access to affordable health care by expanding coverage to tens of thousands hard-working families who lacked insurance but made too much money to qualify for government health programs.

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Newton Leroy Gingrich

Born June 17, 1943, Ph.D., served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A college history professor, conservative political leader, and prolific author, Gingrich twice ran unsuccessfully for the House before first winning a seat in November 1978. He was re-elected 10 times, and his activism as a member of the House's Republican minority eventually enabled him to succeed Dick Cheney as House Minority Whip in 1989. On May 14, 2007, Gingrich stated on Good Morning America that there was a "great possibility" that he would run for President in 2008. On May 20, Gingrich further addressed speculation on this topic on Meet the Press in response to questioning from Tim Russert.

Charles Timothy Hagel

A Senator from Nebraska; born in North Platte, Nebraska, October 4, 1946. Hagel married Lilibet Ziller in 1985; the couple live with their daughter, Allyn, and son, Ziller in Great Falls, Virginia. This is Hagel's second marriage. He was divorced after a brief, childless first marriage to Patricia Lloyd, now a development officer at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. In 1996, Chuck Hagel ran for the US Senate against Ben Nelson, who was the sitting governor of Nebraska. On May 2, 2007, Hagel had a dinner meeting with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg, like Hagel, is considered a potential presidential candidate, possibly as an independent. The meeting has led to speculation of a Hagel/Bloomberg independent ticket in 2008. During a May 13, 2007 appearance on Face the Nation, Hagel entertained the possibility of an independent run with Bloomberg. "It's a great country to think about -- a New York boy and a Nebraska boy to be teamed up leading this nation.

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