What is Tom Harkin?
{{Infobox Senator |birthname=Thomas Richard Harkin |image=Tom Harkin official portrait.jpg |imagesize= |jr/sr=Junior Senator |state=[[Iowa]] |party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |term_start=January 3, 1985 |term_end=January 3, 2015 |preceded=[[Roger Jepsen]] |succeeded=[[Joni Ernst]] |birth_date={{birth date and age|1939|11|19}} |birth_place=[[Cumming, Iowa]] |residence=[[Cumming, Iowa]] |occupation= Attorney |spouse=[[Ruth Harkin]] |children=Amy Harkin Goodrich<br />Jenny Harkin |alma_mater=[[Iowa State University]]<small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small><br> [[The Catholic University of America]]<small>([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]])</small> |website= |branch=[[United States Navy]]/[[United States Navy Reserve]] |serviceyears=1962–1989 |unit=[[Naval Air Facility Atsugi]]/[[Guantanamo Bay]]/[[United States Navy Reserve|Reserves]] }} '''Tom Harkin''' (born November 19, 1939) is a retired American politician for the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. From 1985 to 2015, he served as a junior [[United States Senate|Senator]] in [[Iowa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harkin.senate.gov/abouttom.cfm|title=Senator Harkin -Biography|publisher=Harkin.senate.gov|accessdate=March 4, 2014|archive-date=December 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211150932/http://www.harkin.senate.gov/abouttom.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1975 to 1985. Harkin ran for the Democratic nomination for President in [[1992 United States presidential election|1992]], losing to then-[[Governor of Arkansas|Arkansas Governor]] [[Bill Clinton]]. In 2013, Harkin said he would retire from the Senate after completing his fifth term in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beaumont |first=Thomas |url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-newsbreak-harkin-wont-seek-6th-senate-term |title=Harkin won't seek 6th Senate term |publisher=Bigstory.ap.org |date=January 26, 2013 |accessdate=2014-03-04 |archive-date=2013-04-19 |archi