Candidate A:
Attended Yale, member of "Skull and Bones"
Was a county assistant prosecutor and tax collector
Appointed Solicitor General of the United States for one term
Member of US Sixth Circuit court of Appeals
Apointed Secretary of Defense for one term


Candidate B:
Completely home schooled, no formal education
Lost first campaign for State Legislature
Eventually was elected, served four terms in the State Legislature
Elected to US House of Representatives; served one term
Retired from politics; worked as a defense attorney for several years
Ran for US Senate and lost


Candidate C:
Was an economics and sociology major
Served in the US Army
Elected president of his professional union
Served two terms as a state governor
Ran for president and lost the first time
Was out of public office for four years


Candidate D:
Graduated last in his class
Served in the US Navy
Spent 6 years in prison
Elected to US house of representatives; served two terms
Elected to US Senate; served 4 terms
Was involved in a campaign finance scandal; cleared by his Senate colleagues
Member of Senate Armed Service committee
Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee


Candidate E:
Attended private schools; graduated from Harvard
Served in the US Navy
Won his first campaign for US House of Representatives; served 3 terms
Wrote a book; won Pulitzer Prize
Won his first campaign for US Senate; did not complete term before running for President


Candidate F:
Was Rhodes Scholar; Graduated from Yale Law School
Worked on one presidential campaign as a low-level staffer
Ran for the US House of Representatives and lost
Was elected state Attorney General in an unopposed election
Ran for governor and won; served two terms


Candidate G:
Spent much of his youth overseas
Attended Columbia and Harvard Law
Taught Constitutional Law for 12 years
Ran for state senate and won; served 3 terms
Lost first campaign for US senate; became chairman of state Health and Human Services committee while out of office
Ran for senate again and won, member of Foreign Relations, Environment and Public works, and Veteran's affairs committees. Chairman of European affairs subcommittee


Candidate H:
Worked for US Geological Survey
Spent much time overseas, overseeing many US mining concerns
Was caught in a war while overseas; wife worked in local hospitals while he helped defend the city and rescue trapped children
Invented process to recover zinc lost in mine tailings
Was strong advocate for immigration, said 'immigrants work 20% harder than anyone else
Helped rescue over 100,000 Americans trapped overseas by a major war
Was head of war relief effort; spent two years organizing delivery of food and supplies to 9 million war refugees
Was appointed Secretary of Commerce
Directed local relief efforts after catastrophic flood in US; his organization prevented widespread disease and helped local population quickly recover after flood subsided.