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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Jim DeMint

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Jim DeMint
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: September 2
Business Executive
Former United States Senator
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Greenville
South Carolina
James Warren Jim DeMint
James Warren DeMint
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