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This article is about the former U.S. Representative. For other people of the same name see Jim Bates (disambiguation).Jim Bates (born July 21 1941) is a former Democratic politician from San Diego California. He served four terms in the United States House of Representatives 1983–1991.Bates was born in Denver Colorado and graduated from East High School (Denver) in 1959. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1959 and served in the Corps until 1963.
