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BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL

Name: Benjamin Nighthorse Campbell                                                 
Born: 13 April 1933 Auburn, California                                             
                                                                                   
Benjamin Nighthorse Campbell (born April 13, 1933) is an American politician. He   
was a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 until 2005 and was for some time the   
only Native American serving in the U.S. Congress. Campbell was a U.S.             
Representative from 1987 to 1993, when he was sworn into office as a Senator       
following his election on November 3, 1992. He was only the 3rd Native American   
to serve in the U.S. Senate in history. Campbell also serves as one of forty-four 
members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe.           
                                                                                   
Originally a member of the Democratic Party, Campbell switched to the Republican   
Party in 1995. Reelected in 1998, Campbell announced in March 2004 that he would   
not run for reelection to a third term in November of that year. He expressed     
interest in running for Governor of Colorado in 2006. However, on January 4,       
2006, he announced that he would not enter the race. His Senate seat was won by   
Democrat Ken Salazar in the November 2004 election.