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Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth, better known as Lauch Faircloth, was born on January 14, 1928. He was U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1993 to 1999.He was a member of the 'Congressional Advisory Board' of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_on_Regulation_and_Economic_Growth" title="Center on Regulation and Economic Growth" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Center on Regulation and Economic Growth</a> of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alexis_de_Tocqueville_Institution" title="Alexis de Tocqueville Institution" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Alexis de Tocqueville Institution</a> (AdTI) in 1994 and 1995. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pmdocs.com/PDF/2044313091_3094.PDF" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 16px; background: url(" http="http" upload.wikimedia.org="upload.wikimedia.org" wikipedia="wikipedia" commons="commons" icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif="Icons-mini-file_acrobat.gif" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat">[1]</a>In 1999 Faircloth was elected as a director at CommScope, Inc, a communications company, a position he still holds.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=75979" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">[2]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: " linux="Linux" libertine="Libertine" georgia="Georgia" times="Times" serif="serif" line-height="line-height" background="background" none="none" rgb="rgb">Relatad Links</h2><ul style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="cx" cy="cy" r="r" fill="fill" color="color" rgb="rgb" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" background-color="background-color" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000437" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">FAIRCLOTH, Duncan McLauchlin</a>, Biographical Directory of the American Congress</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=75979" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">Duncan M Faircloth</a>, Forbes</li></ul>

-----wikiDuncan McLauchlin "Lauch" Faircloth (born January 14, 1928), served one term as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Republican</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">U.S. Senator</a> from<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">North Carolina</a>.Before his Senate service, Faircloth was a prominent and wealthy hog farmer. One impetus for his political activism was his disagreement with the increasing regulations targeting large <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog_lot" class="mw-redirect" title="Hog lot" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">hog farming</a> operations such as his, fueled by an environmentalist and populist backlash.An active <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Democrat</a> for many years, Faircloth began his political career as a driver for North Carolina U.S. Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr_Scott" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerr Scott" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Kerr Scott</a>, who rewarded his young chargé by helping him get out of service in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Korean War</a> via a hardship discharge. An early supporter of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Sanford" title="Terry Sanford" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Terry Sanford</a>'s 1960 gubernatorial bid, Sanford rewarded him with an appointment to the state highway commission. After helping <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W.Scott" title="Robert W. Scott" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Robert W. Scott</a> in his bid for the governorship in 1968, Scott named Faircloth chairman of the commission, and he later went on to serve as Secretary of Commerce during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hunt" title="Jim Hunt" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Jim Hunt</a>'s time as governor. Faircloth aspired to the governor's office himself, but was defeated in the Democratic primary in 1984. He also considered running for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Porter_East" title="John Porter East" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">John East</a> in 1986, but was discouraged by the entry of Sanford, the eventual victor, into the race.In 1990, after 40 years as a Democrat, Faircloth switched his party registration and began preparations to seek the Republican Senate nomination in 1992. Enjoying the support of Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Helms" title="Jesse Helms" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Jesse Helms</a>'s political organization, Faircloth defeated Charlotte mayor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Myrick" title="Sue Myrick" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Sue Myrick</a> and former congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E.Johnston,_III" title="Walter E. Johnston, III" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Walter E. Johnston, III</a> in the primary. His opponent in the general election was his former ally Terry Sanford, who, although helping Faircloth raise money for his failed gubernatorial bid in 1984, provoked Faircloth's anger two years later when Sanford allegedly denigrated Faircloth's earlier bid for the Senate with alleged comments dismissing Faircloth's chances in a statewide contest against him.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauch_Faircloth#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[1]</a> Faircloth attacked Sanford as a tax-and-spend liberal, and despite a mediocre performance in a televised debate that September, Faircloth won the seat by a 100,000-vote margin.Faircloth served a single term from 1993-99. He once joked that he wanted to be known as the conservative senator from North Carolina; in comparison to the state's other seat held by the arch-conservative Helms.Campaigning for reelection in 1998, Fairchild lost to Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edwards" title="John Edwards" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">John Edwards</a>. Despite originally being the marginal favorite, Faircloth was beaten by Edwards by 51.2% to 47.0%—a margin of some 83,000 votes. When conceding to Edwards, Faircloth stated to his supporters, "I feel that I let you down...because we should have won." <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauch_Faircloth#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[2]</a> Edwards's victory was in part attributed to his age (45) and youthful appearance compared to the 70-year-old Faircloth.That night, Washington, D.C. Mayor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry" title="Marion Barry" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">Marion Barry</a>, with whom Faircloth had had longstanding disagreements about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_home_rule" title="District of Columbia home rule" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">home rule</a> issues, said Faircloth had been "so busy picking on me and the residents of the District of Columbia that he neglected his constituents in North Carolina. Now he can go back and deal with the pigs. Goodbye, Faircloth."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauch_Faircloth#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">[3]</a>==

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Starr was himself a member of the Federalist Society, and

a far more conservative and politically active Republican

than Fiske. Nonetheless, the media downplayed the

extraordinary intervention of the three-judge panel--whose

chairman, Sentelle, was seen lunching with

ultra-right-wing North Carolina Senator Lauch Faircloth

the day he fired Fiske.
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Improprieties in gaining the office of independent counsel:

Starr was appointed by conservative judge David Sentelle's panel

immediately after Sentelle had a lunch with Jesse Helms and Lauch

Faircloth, North Carolina's right-wing, Clinton-hating senators.

Judge Sentelle's wife went to work for Senator Faircloth's office five months after Starr's appointment.
When the Justice Department considered Ken Starr for Independent

Prosecutor, Starr failed to admit numerous conflicts of interest.

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