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I'm not going to be anybody's punching bag.
Tim Kaine
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Tim Kaine
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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United States Senator
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St Paul
Minnesota
Timothy Michael Tim Kaine
Timothy Michael Kaine
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Timothy M. Kaine
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