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Washington Post magazine: politicians recall their first political campaigns
Sunday's Washington Post magazine interviewed various politicians of both parties recalling their first political campaigns. Interviewed Democrats included:
- Eliot Spitzer (former governor of NY)
- George McGovern (former senator from SD, 1972 presidential candidate)
- Gavin Newsom (current lieutenant governor of CA, former mayor of San Francisco)
- Hilda Solis (current Secretary of Labor, former representative from CA)
- Ron Wyden (current senator from OR)
- Martin O'Malley (current governor of MD)
- Steny Hoyer (current rep. from MD and House Minority Whip)
- Janet Napolitano (current Secretary of Homeland Security, former governor and attorney general of AZ)
