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Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is a Republican Congressman from California who is running for the Republican nomination for President. He is a Vietnam veteran who worked his way through law school with farming and construction jobs. Once an attorney, he practiced in a storefront office where he often provided free legal services to the poor. | Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is a Republican Congressman from California who is running for the Republican nomination for President. He is a Vietnam veteran who worked his way through law school with farming and construction jobs. Once an attorney, he practiced in a storefront office where he often provided free legal services to the poor. | ||
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His voting record is virtually 100% conservative in Congress, often taking the lead on controversial issues. Hunter is a proponent of [[fair trade]]. <ref>http://www.gohunter08.com/inner.asp?z=4</ref> | His voting record is virtually 100% conservative in Congress, often taking the lead on controversial issues. Hunter is a proponent of [[fair trade]]. <ref>http://www.gohunter08.com/inner.asp?z=4</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:28, March 12, 2007
Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is a Republican Congressman from California who is running for the Republican nomination for President. He is a Vietnam veteran who worked his way through law school with farming and construction jobs. Once an attorney, he practiced in a storefront office where he often provided free legal services to the poor.
In 1980 he achieved a big political upset in challenging and defeating a popular Democratic incumbent in a Democratic-leaning district, which was redrawn to be solidly Republican in 1982. Since the redrawing, Hunter has won reelection. He consistently wins 70% of the vote in the solidly Republican 52nd district of California. His voting record is virtually 100% conservative in Congress, often taking the lead on controversial issues. Hunter is a proponent of fair trade. [1]
Married since 1973, Hunter has two sons, one of whom is a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps who was deployed to Iraq.
In January 2007, he attracted attention by trouncing front-runner John McCain in a presidential straw poll of Republican precinct committeemen in Arizona's most-populated county, even though Arizona is McCain's home state.[2]
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