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November, and joined his own father in the Senate. The loss was attributed in part to Starr's voting record that included raising taxes, with an anti-tax group contributing $ 50,000 to his opponent during the election. With the loss in the primary, Charles'
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imposing term limits for state legislators. Prior to the ruling, Starr would not have been able to run for re-election to the state senate as he had served 10 years in the legislature, and the law limited people to 12 years maximum. He had been a proponent of term limits. In 2002, he was re-elected
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245:. The son of an oil driller, he attended 19 different schools between first grade and sixth grade. Starr married Kathy and they would have four children, all boys; Bryan, West, Alan, and Bruce. Charles earned a bachelor's degree in agriculture in 1955 from the
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constituent's opposition to charter schools. At the time, Starr was chairman of the Senate
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Colby, Richard. GOP opponents for Senate seat hold differing views.
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in 1962 and began working at Farmers Oil Cooperative in
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