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Article: STRICKLAND BATTLES '96 IMAGE DEMOCRAT FIGHTS TAG OF `LAWYER-LOBBYIST' AS HE LAUNCHES BID TO TAKE ALLARD'S JOB.(Local)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- August 9, 2001
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Byline: M.E. Sprengelmeyer News Washington Bureau Correspondent Ellen Miller contributed to this report.
WESTMINSTER -- Democrat Tom Strickland is determined not to be pigeonholed this time.
Branded as a lawyer-lobbyist six years ago, Strickland reintroduced himself to Colorado Wednesday as a Senate candidate who's older and wiser than when he lost to Wayne Allard in 1996.
Strickland, 49, barnstormed the state Wednesday, kicking off the 2002 Senate race with stops in Pueblo, Westminster, Grand Junction and Fort Collins.
Along the way, he touted his recent two-year stint as U.S. attorney, and past work on transportation and open space ...