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Tom Barrett: “Served in the state House for four years, then got elected…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Battleground Michigan: the GOP's Tom Barrett in MI-7

Published | Video Starts at 03:46

We had the second highest veteran unemployment rate in the entire country at the time. And I wanted to try and do what I could to fix that problem. And Served in the state House for four years, then got elected to the state Senate. was the only Iraq war vet in the state Senate for four years and then ran for Congress two years ago. (03:46–03:50)

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Asserts that Tom Barrett served four years in the Michigan state House and was then elected to the state Senate.

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