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Jon Kyl

United States senator

Also known as: Jon Llewellyn Kyl

Written by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer

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In full:: Jon Llewellyn Kyl

Born:: April 25, 1942, Oakland, Nebraska, U.S. (age 82)

Title / Office:: United States Senate (2018), United States; United States Senate (1995-2013), United States; House of Representatives (1987-1995), United States

Political Affiliation:: Republican Party

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Jon Kyl (born April 25, 1942, Oakland, Nebraska, U.S.) is an American politician who served as a Republican congressman from Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–95) and in the U.S. Senate (1995–2013; 2018). He was Senate minority whip from 2007 to 2013. Kyl earned bachelor’s (1964) and law (1966) degrees from the University of Arizona, where he served as president of the Arizona Law Review. After being admitted to the state bar in 1966, he practiced at a Phoenix law firm for the next 20 years before running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in ...(100 of 406 words)

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