He left last September, to be replaced by Jim Holden.

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The newcomers include Jennifer Granholm (who won the governorship of Michigan in 2002), Rod Blagojevich (Illinois, 2002), Jim Doyle (Wisconsin, 2002), Kathleen Sebelius (Kansas, 2002), Bob Holden (Missouri, 2000), Tom Vilsack (Iowa, 1998) and Joe Kernan (who stepped up from lieutenant-governor of Indiana on the death of Frank O'Bannon, another moderate Democrat, earlier this year).

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Mr Holden is from a one-horse town, Birch Tree, while his opponent, Jim Talent, is from the St Louis sprawl.

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