NAME: Christopher S. "Kit" Bond.

AGE: 69; born March 6, 1939.

HOMETOWN: Mexico, Mo.

EXPERIENCE: Elected Missouri state auditor, 1970; elected youngest governor in Missouri history, age 33, 1972; lost re-election bid as governor, 1976; elected to second term as governor, 1980; elected to U.S. Senate, 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2004.

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1960; law degree, University of Virginia, 1963.

FAMILY: Wife, Linda; son, Sam, from previous marriage.

WEB SITE: http://bond.senate.gov/public/

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