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The Dog Ate My Campaign Records

When Jamie Jacob Morgan decided to take on Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) in 2002, the 26-year-old law school student figured he’d probably need all the help he could get. He enlisted his brother as treasurer and started working over his colleagues at the Oakland County, Mich., Circuit Court for campaign contributions. He got some decent press, raised $250,000 and walked away with 27 percent of the Republican primary vote.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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30 Hill Aides to Know

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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