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'''Jim DeMint''', born September 2, 1951 (age {{age|1951|9|2}}), was elected on November 2, 2004 as [[South Carolina|South Carolina’s]] junior [[United States|U.S.]] [[Senator]]. An outspoken [[conservative]], he is an emerging leader in the [[Republican Party]].  

'''Jim DeMint''', born September 2, 1951 (age {{age|1951|9|2}}), was elected on November 2, 2004 as [[South Carolina|South Carolina’s]] junior [[United States|U.S.]] [[Senator]]. An outspoken [[conservative]], he is the conservative leader in the [[U.S. Senate]]. DeMint started the very successful Senate Conservatives Fund to raise, from small donors, millions of dollars for conservative candidates, and in July 2012 left that fund to start a [[Super PAC]].<ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78061.html</ref>

==Early life and education==  

==Early life and education==