1990s-era House member seeks comeback after second career as prison guard

Published March 14, 2022 9:45am ET



Former House members, even those with relatively short careers on Capitol Hill, once out of office usually make a beeline for lucrative lobbying or consulting jobs.

Former Rep. Jim Bunn took a different route. After the Oregon Republican lost his first reelection bid amid scandal in 1996, he went to work as a prison guard for Yamhill County in the exurban Portland district he once represented.

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