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	U.S. Senate Race: Florida Bill Nelson Katherine Harris CURRENT PROFESSION CURRENT PROFESSION U.S. senator, Senate minority deputy whip U.S. House representative LAST ELECTION RESULTS LAST ELECTION RESULTS Won 51 percent of the vote Won 55 percent of the vote against Jan Schneider POLITICAL EXPERIENCE POLITICAL EXPERIENCE Florida House of Representatives, 1972-78; U.S. House, 1978-90; Florida treasurer, insurance commissioner and state fire marshal, 1994-2000 Florida Senate, 1994-98; Florida secretary of state, 1999-2002 COMMITTEES COMMITTEES Special Committee on Aging, Armed Services, Budget, Commerce, Science and Transportation, Foreign Relations Financial Services, Committee on Homeland Security, International Relations PREVIOUS WORK PREVIOUS WORK U.S. Army, 1968-70; U.S. Army Reserves, 1965-68 and 1970-71; Practicing attorney, 1970-79, 1991-94; legislative assistant for Florida Gov. Reubin Askew, 1971; crew member, space shuttle Columbia, 1986 Commercial real estate broker; IBM marketing executive BORN BORN Sept. 29, 1942 in Miami April 5, 1957 in Key West, Fla. EDUCATION EDUCATION B.A. from Yale University, 1965; J.D. from University of Virginia, 1968 B.A. from Agnes Scott College, 1979; M.A. from Harvard University, 1996 FAMILY FAMILY Married to Grace Nelson; has two children Married to Anders Ebbeson; has one child CAMPAIGN WEB SITE CAMPAIGN WEB SITE www.nelsonforsenate.com www.electharris.org OFFICIAL WEB SITE OFFICIAL WEB SITE www.billnelson.senate.gov www.harris.house.gov			MAIN: VOTE 2006   SENATE   HOUSE   GOVERNOR   REPORTS   ANALYSIS   ISSUES   FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS   Florida RELATED REPORTS Harris Wins Republican Nomination Without full GOP backing, Rep. Katherine Harris, Florida's former secretary of state who received national attention after Florida's 2000 recount, ran and won the Republican nomination for senator. -- Online NewsHour   OTHER SENATE RACES   Select Other Races    Key races marked with *    Arizona    California  * Connecticut    Delaware    Florida    Hawaii    Indiana    Maine  * Maryland    Massachusetts    Michigan  * Minnesota    Mississippi    Missouri  * Montana    Nebraska    Nevada    New Jersey    New Mexico    New York    North Dakota    Ohio  * Pennsylvania  * Rhode Island    Tennessee    Texas    Utah    Vermont  * Virginia    Washington    West Virginia    Wisconsin    Wyoming

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