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A fact from Richard Blumenthal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 September 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Richard Blumenthal is Connecticut's Attorney General and was awarded the Raymond E. Baldwin Award for Public Service by the Quinnipiac University School of Law in 2002?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/September.

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Early political career	4,239	4,239
Attorney General of Connecticut	482	46,658
Tenure	16	46,176
Pequot land annexation bid	1,606	1,606
Interstate air pollution	1,720	1,720
Tobacco	1,660	1,660
Microsoft lawsuit	3,180	3,180
Stanley Works	3,614	3,614
Tomasso Group and Rowland corruption	2,278	2,278
Charter schools lawsuit	2,997	2,997
Regional transmission organization	2,356	2,356
Gina Kolb lawsuit	1,560	1,560
Big East and ACC	2,489	2,489
Interstate 84	1,988	1,988
Lyme disease guidelines investigation	4,473	4,473
MySpace/Facebook	4,582	4,582
Craigslist	5,321	5,321
Terrorist surveillance program	819	819
Countrywide Financial	3,683	3,683
Global warming	1,834	1,834
Prospect of gubernatorial candidacy	1,276	1,276
U.S. Senate	17	17,425
Elections	17	9,564
2010	6,412	6,412
2016	2,207	2,207
2022	928	928
Tenure	4,758	4,758
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Caucus memberships	769	769
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Animal welfare	891	891
Foreign relations	27	7,182
China	4,090	4,090
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Government shutdown	921	921
Gun control	7,688	7,688
Health care	4,447	4,447
Immigration	4,901	4,901
LGBT rights	2,746	2,746
Special Counsel investigation	2,015	2,015
Personal life	2,330	2,330
Electoral history	23	11,349
Connecticut Legislature	1,935	1,935
Connecticut Attorney General	5,218	5,218
U.S. Senator	4,173	4,173
See also	189	189
Notes	24	24
References	89	89
Further reading	5,460	5,460
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