Senator jim demint biography
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Senator jim demint biography
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James W. "Jim" DeMint
Senate. Heritage's public policy research, DeMint says, informed him as a citizen and inspired his entry into politics and government.
On April 4, 2013, Jim succeeded Edwin J. Feulner as president of the leading think tank.
After stepping down from the Senate seat to which South Carolinians twice elected him, he functioned as president-elect of Heritage in a three-month transition. Feulner, president since 1977, was a founding trustee in 1974.
"I'm humbled to follow in the footsteps of Ed Feulner, who built the most important conservative institution in the nation," Jim said during the transition.
"He has been a friend and mentor for years and I am honored t