Name: Jim Talent
Party: Republican
Age: 45
Home: Chesterfield, Mo.
Family: Wife, Brenda; three children
Education: Political science degree from Washington University in St. Louis; law degree from the University of Chicago
Public Offices: State representative, 1985-93; U.S. representative, 1993-2001
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