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Evan Bayh, a Democrat from Indiana, served two terms as governor (1989-1997) and two terms as U.S. senator (1999-2011), He is now a partner at McGuireWoods Consulting as well as a political commentator, a senior advisor at Apollo Global Management in New York, and a member of the advisory board of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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