QUESTIONS:
1. George W. Bush lost his first race for office when he was defeated for the U.S. House from Texas in 1978. Who was the only other President in this century to be defeated for the House?
2. Two Bush Cabinet members have been defeated for the House. Can you name them?
3. Two of the announced Democratic candidates for President have been defeated for the House. Can you name them?
4. How many of the announced Democratic candidates for President are former governors of their states?
5. Who was the only President in this century ever defeated in a bid for mayor of New York City?
ANSWERS:
1. Bill Clinton, who lost a U.S. House race from Arkansas in 1978.
2. Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft, who lost a Republican primary for the House in Missouri in 1972, and HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, who lost a Republican House primary in Wisconsin in 1979.
3. John Kerry, who lost a U.S. House race in Massachusetts in 1972, and Joe Lieberman, who lost a House race in Connecticut in 1980.
4. Two: Bob Graham of Florida, who was governor from 1978-86, and Howard Dean of Vermont, governor from 1991 until 2002.
5. Theodore Roosevelt
