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editorial board interview, to which Seals replied: "If I was a millionaire I could certainly just pick up and buy a new home, I'm not a millionaire, and if you want more millionaires in
Congress, I'm not your man." The
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school for continuing education in the spring of 2008.
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Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
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Illinois's 10th congressional district election, 2006
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170:Daniel Joseph Seals was born on June 19, 1971, in
885:"Seals for Congress Official Endorsements (2010)"
593:FEC Disclosure Form 3 for Zane Smith for Congress
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936:"Candidates shower suburban voters with mailers"
367:. Seals narrowly defeated state representative
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597:FEC Disclosure Form for Dan Seals for Congress
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854:Toeplitz, Shira (2009-07-21).
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445:Seals lost to Dold 51%-49%.
427:and suburban newspapers the
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1078:Dan Seals for U.S. Congress
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289:Clinton administration
243:Campaigns for Congress
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