Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituents

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BUTLER, Pa. — One day after his shift at the steel mill, Gary Myers drove home in his 10-year-old Pontiac and told his wife he was going to run for Congress.

The odds were long. At 34, Myers was the shift foreman at the "hot mill" of the Armco plant here. He had no political experience, little or no money, and he was a Republican in a district that tilted Democrat.

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Peter Whoriskey 27 Dec, 2011

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