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POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Potential GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator and now star of the television series \"Law and Order,\" is hardly the first to shuttle between the worlds of entertainment and elective office. Click one of the names on the left to read more.";

POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i++] = new Array("","Helen Gahagan Douglas (D)","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>A stage and film actress in the 1930s, Douglas served three terms in the House from 1945 to 1951, representing Los Angeles. She then ran for the Senate and lost to Richard Nixon in 1950.";

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POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>A movie song-and-dance man in the 30s and 40s, Murphy served as president of the Screen Actors Guild. He was elected to the Senate in 1964, defeating Democratic incumbent and former JFK press secretary Pierre Salinger.";

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POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Star of films such as \"Knut Rockne, All-American,\" Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild. In 1966 he was elected governor of California, and was re-elected in 1970. He defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election and Walter Mondale in 1984.";

POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i++] = new Array("","Fred Grandy (R)","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>An actor who appeared in the TV series \"The Love Boat,\" Grandy represented Iowa in the House from 1987 to 1995. He later ran for Governor of Iowa and is now a morning host on AM radio station WMAL in Washington, D.C.";

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POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>The singer-songwriter, comic actor, and husband of Cher, Bono became mayor of Palm Springs, Calif., in 1988. In 1994 he was elected to the House and served until his death in 1998.";

POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i++] = new Array("","Arnold Schwarzenegger (R)","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
POL_070418_ACTOR_POLITICIANS[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>An Austrian-born bodybuilder and film actor, Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California in a special election in 2003, and was re-elected to a full four-year term in 2006.";

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