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- <text id=91TT0934>
- <title>
- Apr. 29, 1991: Republican Rebounds
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Apr. 29, 1991 Nuclear Power
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 21
- Republican Rebounds
- </hdr><body>
- <p>By David Ellis/Reported by Sidney Urquart
- </p>
- <p> Lost an election? Looking for a new job? No problem, if
- you're a Republican. George Bush is making a habit of employing
- G.O.P. candidates after they've lost elections. The President
- enjoyed a similar favor from Richard Nixon. After Bush lost a
- 1970 Texas Senate race to Lloyd Bentsen, he avoided political
- obscurity when Nixon made him ambassador to the United Nations.
- </p>
- <p> Politician: Edward Madigan
- </p>
- <p> Setback:
- </p>
- <p> His Illinois House seat faced redistricting, forcing a
- primary run against a fellow Republican and friend, House
- minority leader Bob Michel.
- </p>
- <p> Reward:
- </p>
- <p> Lobbied for, and was named, Secretary of Agriculture.
- </p>
- <p> Politician: Patricia Saiki
- </p>
- <p> Setback:
- </p>
- <p> After a pep talk from Bush, the Hawaii Representative
- unsuccessfully ran for the late Democratic Senator Spark
- Matsunaga's seat.
- </p>
- <p> Reward:
- </p>
- <p> Appointed head of the Small Business Administration.
- </p>
- <p> Politician: Lynn Martin
- </p>
- <p> Setback:
- </p>
- <p> The Illinois Representative lost a lopsided Senate race
- against liberal Paul Simon.
- </p>
- <p> Reward:
- </p>
- <p> The independent-minded legislator has replaced Labor
- Secretary Elizabeth Dole.
- </p>
- <p> Politician: Jim Courter
- </p>
- <p> Setback:
- </p>
- <p> The six-term Representative lost a disastrous campaign for
- New Jersey Governor.
- </p>
- <p> Reward:
- </p>
- <p> Leads the presidential commission examining military-base
- closings.
- </p>
- <p> Politician: Bob Martinez
- </p>
- <p> Setback:
- </p>
- <p> The first-term Florida Governor lost a re-election bid to
- former Democratic Senator Lawton Chiles.
- </p>
- <p> Reward:
- </p>
- <p> Succeeded William Bennett as the Administration's drug
- czar.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
- </text>
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