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Kit Bond

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The Resume

    (March 6, 1939- )
    Born in St. Louis, Missouri
    Birth name is Christopher Samuel Bond
    Governor of Missouri (1973 - 77; 1981 - 85)
    United States Senator from Missouri (January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2011)

Why he might be annoying:

    His residency in Missouri was called into question when he first ran for a Missouri House seat (he had lived and worked outside the state in the Washington D.C.-Virginia area for nearly a decade prior).
    As governor, he was young enough for older lawmakers to call his staff 'the kiddy corps.'
    After winning his second nonconsecutive term as governor, he sued his investment manager, alleging his $1.3 million trust fund had been drained (they later settled out of court).
    When he faced off against Harriet Woods in his first Senate race, he labeled her 'Hanoi Harriett' for accepting a political donation from Jane Fonda. The smear worked and he won the seat.
    He consistently voted against same sex marriage in Congress, even supporting a constitutional ban of it.
    He apologized to Attorney Todd Graves, after a U.S. Justice Department report cited him for forcing Graves out over a disagreement with Missouri Congressman Sam Graves (October 2008).
    The report led to an ethics complaint being filed over his role in Graves' ouster, in addition to a special prosecutor being appointed to investigate the role disgraced Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had in the firings.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His son served in the Marines and did a tour in Iraq.
    He has permanent vision loss in one eye, which he attributes to an undiagnosed amblyopia he's had since childhood.
    After his election to governor, he led efforts to restructure the state government and to adopt a package of ethics-reform legislation.
    After losing reelection as governor in 1976, he went full Grover Cleveland and pulled off a stunning upset comeback, primarying Republican governor Bill Phelps and then beating his Democrat challenger Joseph Teasdale in the 1980 general election.
    Although mostly conservative, he angered his base by taking positions like supporting the Equal Rights Amendment and opposing torture during CIA interrogations.
    He was popular with his constituents as a Senator and easily won reelection three times.
    He cites his efforts to gather a bipartisan majority to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as one of his greatest accomplishments.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying