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Bruce Babbitt
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Bruce Babbitt

American politician

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  • Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix
    / Corruption and conflict

    Bruce Babbitt, who in the mid-1970s was the state attorney general, warned that not only the Phoenix area but the entire state had earned reputations beyond their borders as dens of vice and crime. Land fraud was common, as was the illegal use of undocumented…

    Bruce Babbitt, who in the mid-1970s was the state attorney general, warned that not only the Phoenix area but the entire state had earned reputations beyond their borders as dens of vice and crime. Land fraud was common, as was the illegal use of undocumented…

  • United States presidential election of 1988
    / The campaign

    Bruce Babbitt, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt, Tennessee Sen. Al Gore, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, and Illinois Sen. Paul Simon. Three candidates who were somewhat more inspiring had decided not

    Bruce Babbitt, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, Missouri Rep. Richard Gephardt, Tennessee Sen. Al Gore, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, and Illinois Sen. Paul Simon. Three candidates who were somewhat more inspiring had decided not