Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specterwas an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented his state in the Senate for 30 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
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The extremists took over the primary process.
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I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.
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There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.
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There are some losses that the president has sustained, but by and large, I think that the president has won.
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when the last senator stops talking - and that's always hard to predict.
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