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TIL that in 1976, a man named Robert E. Casey was elected Treasurer of Pennsylvania because voters thought he was outgoing Auditor General and future Governor of Pennsylvania Robert P. Casey. He ran for re-election in 1980, but lost to his opponent R. Budd Dwyer.

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