Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
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Career
Before becoming governor, Granholm served as the state's attorney general. She is a Harvard law graduate who once aspired to become an actress (her closest brush with fame was an appearance on The Dating Game). In this photo, she speaks with her husband Dan Mulhern in the ceremonial office of the State House in Lansing.
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