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  Bentsen, Ken
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NameKen Bentsen
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, Texas , United States
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Born June 03, 1959 (65 years)
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Mar 04, 2011 09:50am
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InfoBENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr., (nephew of Lloyd Millard Bentsen), a Representative from Texas; born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., June 3, 1959; graduated from Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass., 1977; B.A., University of St. Thomas, Houston, Tex., 1982; M.P.A., American University, Washington, D.C., 1985; staff, United States Representative Ronald D. Coleman of Texas, 1983-1987; associate staff, United States House Committee on Appropriations, 1985-1987; investment banker; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.

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Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Father Kenneth Bentsen 0000-
Grandfather Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Sr. 1894-1989
Uncle Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. 1921-2006

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RACES
  03/12/2002 TX US Senate - D Primary Lost 26.76% (-6.45%)
  11/07/2000 TX District 25 Won 60.11% (+21.58%)
  11/03/1998 TX District 25 Won 57.86% (+16.53%)
  12/10/1996 TX District 25 - Runoff Won 57.32% (+14.63%)
  11/05/1996 TX District 25 Won 34.04% (+16.98%)
  11/08/1994 TX District 25 Won 52.27% (+7.29%)
  04/12/1994 TX District 25 - D Runoff Won 63.86% (+27.72%)
  03/08/1994 TX District 25 - D Primary Won 26.12% (+0.00%)
  04/10/1990 Harris County Democratic Party Chairman Won 81.28% (+62.56%)
ENDORSEMENTS
TX US President - D Primary - Mar 04, 2008 D Hillary Clinton