Paul Dominique Laxalt (/ ˈ l æ k s ɔː l t / LAK-sawlt; August 2, 1922 – August 6, 2018) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States senator representing Nevada from 1974 until 1987.

Thomas Richard Harkin (born November 19, 1939) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as a United States senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously was the U.S. representative for Iowa's 5th congressional district from 1975 to 1985.

Aug 12, 2018 · Laxalt had returned from DC in 2002 to eulogize his friend and longtime Republican National Committeeman Tom Wiesner, another priceless Nevada character, a former Wisconsin football star nicknamed “The Big Dog.”

Dec 17, 2014 · Sen. Tom Harkin, right, kicks off the first week of his Democratic presidential campaign with a "work day" by helping lay electrical cable at the Union Station rail yard in Los Angeles in 1991. Register File Photo. Sen. Tom Harkin speaks to a farm coaltion in Aug. 1991 in Ames, telling them he was considering running for president. ...

Tom Harkin is an American politician. He served as a United States Senator from Iowa from 1985 to 2015. Over the course of his Senate tenure, and during the years of the Obama presidency, he served as Chair of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, ...

Apr 1, 2019 · New York Governor Mario Cuomo led the polls, but at the last minute decided against running, and Clinton went on to defeat former Sen. Paul Tsongas and former Gov. Jerry Brown for the nomination.

Aug 19, 2018 · Flags flew at half-staff at the state Capitol in honor of the recent passing of former Nevada Gov. and U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt, the son of a Basque sheepherder who carved a legend in Nevada politics. He was 96.

From humble beginnings to the pinnacle of success, both Paul and Robert Laxalt carved indelible marks in the Silver State’s story. Paul and Robert grew up in the 1920s, two of Dominique and Therese Laxalt’s six children.

Tom Harkin, Cumming REPRESENTATIVES Jim Leach, Davenport Thomas J. Tauke, Dubuque Cooper Evans, Grundy Center Neal Smith, Altoona ... Paul Laxalt, Carson City Chic Hecht, Las Vegas REPRESENTATIVES Harry M. Reid, Las Vegas Barbara F. Vucanovich, Reno NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATORS

Paul Tsongas Tom Harkin Bob Kerrey Douglas Wilder; Governor of California (1975–1983) U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1979–1985) U.S. Senator from Iowa (1985–2015) ... Harkin won caucuses in Idaho and Minnesota while Brown won Colorado. Kerrey dropped out two days later. Clinton won the South Carolina and Wyoming primaries and Tsongas ...

Nov 30, 2014 · On a warm, muggy July evening, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin has joined his young staffers for softball on the mall. The Capitol forms the left field backdrop for the dozen or so games being played on...

Mar 9, 1992 · As Senators from neighboring farm states, Kerrey and Iowa’s Tom Harkin had the most at stake in South Dakota. Because air time there is cheap, both were able to bombard South Dakotans with...

Aug 7, 2018 · LAS VEGAS — Paul Laxalt, the son of Basque immigrants who rose to political power as a Nevada governor, U.S. senator and close ally to Ronald Reagan, has died. He was 96. Laxalt died Monday at a...

Jan 10, 2007 · New Republicans elected: 3 - Paul Laxalt (NV), Louis Wyman (NH)*, Jake Garn (UT) *Wyman was certified by NH as the winner but was never seated by the Democratic-controlled Senate; he eventually...

A week ago, Sen. Dale Bumpers (D-Ark.) seemed on the verge of running for president; a month ago, the presidential ambitions of former senator Paul Laxalt (R-Nev.) seemed dead and gone.

Long considered one of Reagan's closest political allies and personal friends, Paul Laxalt tells the story of his nearly 30-year relationship with Reagan, from his years as a fellow governor in neighboring Nevada to his service in the United States Senate during the first six years of …

Nov 4, 2014 · Des Moines, Iowa -- Late last night, up in Waterloo, where he was campaigning with Bruce Braley, Senator Tom Harkin got to talking about the greatest triumph of his Senate career -- the battle...

Aug 6, 2018 · Former Gov. and Sen. Paul Laxalt, a Nevada political giant whose career coincided with the resurgence of the Republican Party and who was known on the national scene as Ronald Reagan’s best friend, died in Virginia on Monday, just four days after his 96th birthday.

Mar 23, 2024 · Bob Dole, Bob Graham, Tom Harkin, Paul Simon and Lowell Weicker. Where was Tim Rarus from and what was his major? He was from Arizona and majored in government.

In 1984 Harkin won an Iowa U.S. Senate seat by falsely claiming that his pro-life, pro-death penalty Republican opponent favored the execution of women who had undergone abortions. (Harkin is a Roman Catholic who voted against a ban on “partial-birth” abortions.)