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Business News // 1 decade ago

Republican candidates target ANWR's oil

Five congressional candidates are headed to Alaska to show support for opening a wildlife refuge up to oil development, sources said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Hill drops recount in Indiana's 9th

U.S. Rep. Baron Hill, D-Ind., has ended a recount of ballots from the Nov. 2 election that showed him losing to Republican challenger Mike Sodrel.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Clooney dad not headed to Washington

Nick Clooney, father of actor George Clooney, has lost his race for U.S. Representative in Kentucky.

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Republicans hit Democrats on pledge vote

The GOP has targeted a group of Democrats, The Hill reported Wednesday, who opposed limiting the federal judiciary's role in Pledge of Allegiance cases.

Top News // 2 decades ago

Buyer wins Indiana 4th

Five-term Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., on Tuesday captured the Republican nomination in Indiana's redrawn 4th Congressional District, defeating Brian Kerns whose district was dismantled as the state lost one of its 10 seats in the House in the 2002 Census.

Michael E. "Mike" Sodrel (born December 17, 1945) is a former United States Representative from the Ninth Congressional district of Indiana. A Republican, he was elected in 2004 and served one term. Sodrel's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives was his first public office.

Sodrel was born in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up across the Ohio River in New Albany, Indiana, where he now lives. He graduated New Albany High School (Indiana) in 1963. In 1967 he married Marquita Dean; they have two children and seven granddaughters. Sodrel attended Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana.

From 1966 to 1973 Sodrel served in the Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 151st Mechanized Infantry, formerly part of the 38th Infantry Division. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Staff Sergeant.

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