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10 politicians who worked at restaurants

Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), who recently picked up a key Senate seat during the midterms elections, worked as a banquet waitress while supporting her career as a computer programmer and software developer. She also waited tables at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas and joined the Culinary Workers Union. In a full-circle moment, Rosen celebrated her Senate win with a victory speechgiven at Caesar’s Palace. “I had to tell you I’m a little sentimental tonight because a lot of times you don’t get to see bookends in your life. And 40 years ago, I was a young college student working my way through school,” she said in her speech on Nov. 6. “I was working right down the hall here at Caesar’s Palace as a cocktail waitress to pay my tuition. I put my tips in those envelopes that paid for my next year of college.”

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