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The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there forever.
Tim Kaine
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Tim Kaine
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 26
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St Paul
Minnesota
Timothy Michael Tim Kaine
Timothy Michael Kaine
Timothy Kaine
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