Tom Daschle

Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947), known as Tom Daschle, was a U.S. Senator from South Dakota and the Senate Minority Leader. A United States Democratic Party, he was narrowly defeated on November 2, 2004, by the Republican candidate, John Thune, in his bid for re-election.

Anthrax Case and 2002

In October 2001 Daschle's office received a letter containing anthrax, becoming a target of the 2001 anthrax attacks.

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October 2001 - Letter - Anthrax - 2001 anthrax attacks

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Democratic losses engineered by Karl Rove and President George Walker Bush in the November 2002 elections returned them to the minority in the Senate in January 2003 and Daschle reverted to being Minority Leader once again.

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November - 2002 - January 2003

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