John Bertrand Conlan (born September 17, 1930, in Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois

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) is a retired U.S.

United States

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 lawyer and Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 politician

Politician

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. He served as a State Senator

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 from 1965 to 1972 and as a United States Representative from Arizona

Arizona

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 from 1973 to 1977. In Congress, he was known as a strong and outspoken conservative. In 1976, he ran for the United States Senate

United States Senate

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 to succeed retiring Republican Senator Paul Fannin

Paul Fannin

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. He was opposed in the Republican primary by fellow U.S. Representative Sam Steiger

Sam Steiger

Sam Steiger is an American politician, journalist, political pundit, and rancher. He has served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott, Arizona. Steiger has also made an unsuccessful run for the U.S...

. The primary became very bitter, with numerous charges and personal attacks, which Conlan narrowly lost. The general election was won by former Pima County Attorney Dennis DeConcini

Dennis DeConcini

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John Bertrand Conlan is a graduate of Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

 (B.S.

Bachelor of Science

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) and Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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 (J.D.

Juris Doctor

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) and did graduate studies at Universities of Virginia, Chicago, Cologne, Germany (Fulbright Scholar) and the Hague Academy of International Law

Hague Academy of International Law

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. He is a former faculty member who taught geo-politics and American foreign policy at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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 and University of Maryland

University of Maryland, College Park

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Dr. Conlan is a former U.S. Army

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captain who served in the Pentagon and Germany.

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