Charles Wilson

Democrat  •  2 Terms  •  Sworn In 2007
Last Term 2009 - 2010 View All

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01/02/11
Lufkin VA clinic unveils statue of Charlie Wilson

In 1973, Wilson was elected to the 93 rd United States Congress and served as a US Representative until 1997. Wilson died on February 10, 2010 at the age of ...

Source: KLTV
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12/31/10
Some Managed to Escape Anti-Incumbent, Anti-Democrat Onslaught

"Democrats in Belmont County supported Charlie (Wilson), Zack, (Space), Ted (Strickland), and some of the other sate candidates. It was the voters in other ...

Source: Wheeling Intelligencer
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12/31/10
RE: Charlie Wilson

Charlie Wilson, 76. Flamboyant former US congressman from East Texas' 2nd District whose efforts to fund Afghan resistance to the Soviet Union was the ...

Source: Houston Chronicle
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01/02/11
Illinois Review: What the New Republican US House Should Do

Remember who elected you - we have the internet: Years ago, guys like Charlie Wilson, of "Charlie Wilson's War" fame, wer able to get away with anything. Not any more. The citizen here, who want smaller government, elected you. We read. ...

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01/02/11
Margie Burns :: Charlie Wilson's Influence

Admittedly, he was helped by his opponent, the wife of an indicted former U. S. Rep running for her husband's seat. For one thing, Hoover didn't like women running for office. For another, her husband, the former Rep, John Vernard Dowdy, had been

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01/02/11
Michele Willens: FACE IT: This Is Not a Romantic-Comedy World

Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks can do it, but their sparring in "Charlie Wilson's War" was only a minor part of a different kind of story. The writer of that film, Aaron Sorkin, arguably wrote one of the most delightful love stories in modern t

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Official website: http://charliewilson.house.gov/
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Washington, DC 20515
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