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Metcalf was born in Marysville, Washington on 30 November 1927 . He received bachelor's degrees from Pacific Lutheran University in 1951 and a master's degree from the University Of Washington in 1966 . He entered the Washington State Senate in 1966 and served until 1974 , as well as again from 1980 to 1992 . He twice ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Democrat Warren G. Magnuson for United States Senate in 1968 and 1974 . In 1992 , Metcalf again tried to gain national office, but was unable to defeat incumbent Democrat Allan Swift in the House election. With Swift retiring from the House in 1994 , Metcalf ran again. This time, he was elected. He was also re-elected in 1996 and 1998 . A supporter of Term Limit s such as those proposed in the 1994 Contract With America (which Metcalf had signed), Metcalf did not run for re-election in 2000 . During his political career, Metcalf was known as a Paleoconservative and supporter of returning to the Gold Standard . In his last term in office (1998-2000) he surprised some observers by taking some positions unusual for a conservative Republican, including voting to close the School Of The Americas , working with Paul Watson and Sea Shepherd to protest Whaling by the Makah tribe and hiring Washington state antiwar speaker and writer Craig B. Hulet as a special assistant.
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