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Tom Tancredo

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Thomas Gerald Tancredo
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December 20, 1945, Denver, Colorado, U.S. (age 79)
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Tom Tancredo (born December 20, 1945, Denver, Colorado, U.S.) is an American politician, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1999–2009) and who sought the Republican nomination for president in 2008. Tancredo earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Northern Colorado in 1968, and he worked as a junior high school civics teacher before entering politics. In 1976 he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives, where he served two terms. In 1981 Tancredo was named a regional representative for the U.S. Department of Education, a post he held into the ...(100 of 348 words)

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