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Where did Mike Pence grow up?
Mike Pence attended Columbus North High School, one of the public high schools located in Columbus, Indiana.
How did Mike Pence get started in politics?
Mike Pence volunteered for the Bartholomew County Democratic Party in 1976 and voted for Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election.

Question: Why did he lose both the '88 and '90 race?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Mike Pence lose both the '88 and '90 race?