Former Nebraska Senator Jim Exon Dies

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/1-06102005-501103.html

Former Nebraska Senator Jim Exon Dies
By SCOTT BAUER
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The Associated Press
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Jim Exon, a Democrat who served two terms as governor and three terms in the U.S. Senate for Nebraska, died Friday. He was 83.

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The broad-shouldered senator once dubbed "Big Jim" started in the party as a precinct worker and was chairman of the state Democratic Party when he made his first bid for public office, winning the governor's seat in 1970.

Exon was first elected to the Senate in 1978, serving through 1996. He never lost an election.

The gravel-voiced businessman was known for his direct approach in political and business matters. As governor, his perennial rallying cry was "hold the line" on taxes and he regularly made political hay with stinging criticism of the Legislature, sometimes referring to lawmakers as "wild-eyed spenders."

He was one of two politicians in Nebraska to win statewide office five times.

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1. Breaking news at 10pm

JJ Exon. A name I heard many times.