Before being elected to Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy created by former-Rep.
He lost several primary elections for high office in California, before being elected to the California state legislature in 1982 and to the state senate in 1993.
Bill Clinton (1993 99) before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (2003 09).
Iloilo taught school before being elected to Parliament (1977 82) and then appointed to the Senate (1992 99).
Before being elected to Congress, Mr. Donnelly ran a printing shop in Mishawaka and was a school board president.
Mr. Lent, who was a state senator for eight years before being elected to Congress, considered himself a moderate conservative.
She then ran herself, and later became school board president before being elected to the City Council.
Before being elected to the State Assembly in 1990, he was a stockbroker and trader on the Pacific Stock Exchange.
Before being elected to the senate in 1988, Mr. Lieberman served as the attorney general in Connecticut for six years.
He also served as Nevada's secretary of state for more than a decade before being elected to Congress.
McCain represented Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983 87) before being elected to the U.S. Senate (1987– ).
