Its senior Senator is currently the chair of the Judiciary Committee, and during two different periods in the twenty-first century, it has had a junior Senator who was not affiliated with a party.
The current governor of this state is a fluent Russian speaker, who helped write Russia's election law in 1993 and was picked by the state legislature to fill the office in 2002 after failing to win a majority in an election against Jim Racine. Its senior Senator is currently the chair of the Judiciary Committee, and during two different periods in the twenty-first century, it has had a junior Senator who was not affiliated with a party. For 10 points, name this state which elected independent Bernie Sanders to the Senate in 2006 and was formerly governed by Howard Dean.
The current governor of this state is a fluent Russian speaker, who helped write Russia's election law in 1993 and was picked by the state legislature to fill the office in 2002 after failing to win a majority in an election against Jim Racine.
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