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The Accidental Citizen?
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Life Before Parliament
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The latent spark
Careers before Parliament
Deciding to Run
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Getting to yes
Motivations
The outsider paradox
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The Nomination - A Black Box
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Who's in charge?
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Anyone can run for office
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