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in his first re-election race for the Senate, in 2000, he did not even face a major-party opponent. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Elections , Political Career

Simplified: Jon Kyl did not face a major-party opponent in his 2000 Senate re-election race.

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Mr. Kyl ended up winning with a comfortable nine-point margin. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Elections , Political Career

Simplified: Jon Kyl won his 2006 Senate race by a nine-point margin.

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And following Mr. McCain’s death in August 2018, Mr. Kyl briefly returned to the Senate after Doug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, named him to fill his former colleague’s seat. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Political Career , US Senate

Simplified: Following John McCain's death in August 2018, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey appointed Jon Kyl to fill the vacant Senate seat.

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Mr. Kyl married Caryll Collins in 1964. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biography

Simplified: Jon Kyl married Caryll Collins in 1964.

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Besides his wife, he is survived by their two children, John Kyl and Kristine Kyl Gavin; and four grandchildren. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biography

Simplified: Jon Kyl is survived by his wife, two children (John Kyl and Kristine Kyl Gavin), and four grandchildren.

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After leaving the Senate, Mr. Kyl worked as a lobbyist for the Washington law firm Covington & Burling. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Lobbying , Professional Career

Simplified: After leaving the Senate, Jon Kyl worked as a lobbyist for the law firm Covington & Burling.

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He also worked as a TV journalist before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965 and again from 1967 to 1973. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Biographical , US Government

Simplified: Jon Kyl's father, John Henry Kyl, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959-1965 and 1967-1973.

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Mr. Kyl spent two decades with Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, a leading Phoenix law firm, before winning his first race for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1986. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biography , Political Career , Professional Career

Simplified: Jon Kyl worked for the law firm Jennings, Strouss & Salmon for two decades before winning his first U.S. House race in 1986.

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His father, John Henry Kyl, taught English at Nebraska State Teachers College (today Wayne State College), then in the 1950s moved the family to Bloomfield, Iowa, where he joined his family’s clothing... 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biographical

Simplified: Jon Kyl's father, John Henry Kyl, taught English at Nebraska State Teachers College before moving to Iowa in the 1950s to join a family business.

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He received his law degree from Arizona in 1966. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Jon Kyl received his law degree from the University of Arizona in 1966.

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At the University of Arizona in 1960, he studied political science and graduated in 1964. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Biography

Simplified: Jon Kyl studied political science at the University of Arizona, graduating in 1964.

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He held a lifetime voting score of 96.6 from the American Conservative Union, a common measure of a politician’s political leaning. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , US Government

Simplified: The American Conservative Union gave Jon Kyl a lifetime voting score of 96.6.

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Mr. McCain used his cross-party appeal to help Mr. Kyl overcome a strong Democratic challenger in 2006; two years later, Mr. Kyl vouched for Mr. McCain’s conservative bona fides during his unsuccessfu... 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Elections

Simplified: In 2008, Jon Kyl vouched for John McCain's conservative credentials during McCain's presidential campaign.

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In a 2006 profile, Time magazine called Mr. Kyl the Operator — and one of the 10 best current senators — noting that while he rarely made headline news, he was often the driving force behind the Repub... 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Media

Simplified: A 2006 Time magazine profile called Jon Kyl "the Operator" and named him one of the 10 best senators at the time.

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Mr. Kyl surprised many when, in 2011, he announced his decision not to run for a fourth term in the Senate. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , US Government

Simplified: In 2011, Jon Kyl announced he would not run for a fourth term in the Senate.

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Jon Llewellyn Kyl was born on April 25, 1942, in Oakland, Neb., a farming community about 60 miles north of Omaha. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Biographical

Simplified: Jon Llewellyn Kyl was born on April 25, 1942, in Oakland, Nebraska.

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He played a critical role in getting Democrats to agree to a partial extension of the Bush-era tax cuts in 2013 and an equally vital, if less successful, effort to craft an omnibus immigration reform... 0.900

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Legislation , US Government

Simplified: Jon Kyl was involved in an effort to craft an omnibus immigration reform bill in 2007.

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During his three terms as senator, he climbed the party ranks, eventually becoming the party whip behind the minority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , US Government

Simplified: During his three terms as a senator, Jon Kyl became the Republican party whip.

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After four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Kyl won election to the Senate in 1994. 1.000

👤 Clay Risen 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , US Government

Simplified: Jon Kyl was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994 after serving four terms in the House of Representatives.

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In a statement, his family attributed the death to complications from a neurological disease. 1.000

👤 Jon Kyl's family 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Obituaries

Simplified: Jon Kyl's family stated his death was caused by complications from a neurological disease.

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