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      <excerpt>...attorney with some political experience.   But national Democrats seem unsatisfied with these options. Theyve courted U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge, former state Sen. Cal Cunningham, former Lt. Gov. Dennis Wicker, and possibly several others. All declined.   </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...from North Carolina, the nation's No. 2 pork-producing state, after Iowa. &#160; Unsheathing his pen, Democratic Rep. Bob Etheridge -- a part-time farmer who raised piglets as a child -- wrote the Capitol Police a stern missive last week. &#160; &quot;I was extremel</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a congressman from North Carolina, the nation's No. 2 pork-producing state, after Iowa. Unsheathing his pen, Democratic Rep. Bob Etheridge - a part-time farmer who raised piglets as a child - wrote the Capitol Police a stern missive last week. &quot;I was ex</excerpt>
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