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Political Debut

Biden first entered political office in 1971 as a county councilman and ran for the U.S. Senate Delaware as a Democrat one year later. Biden had largely been drawn to the party by his opposition to Republican President Richard Nixon. 

Although Biden’s campaign lacked adequate financial resources and was behind by thirty percentage points just four months before the election, he successfully unseated longtime Republican Senator Caleb Boggs and took his seat in 1973. Biden would be reelected six times, each by a landslide margin.

Despite the joy and excitement that surrounded his election to the Senate, Biden’s life would soon change forever. (Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Senate Historical Office, Editorial Use.)

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