he's running for re-election this year, and so is governor jerry brown, whose dad was also governor of california. senators pat roberts and mary landrieu have family connections in politics, so does senator mark begich, there is the udall cousins, mark of colorado, and tom of new mexico, both running for re-election this year. in the house, there are more candidates of political dine nasties that we have time to tell you about. most notable of them is debby dingle, wife of the longest serving congressman john dingle who is leaving a seat who is held by someone in the ding m family since 1933. debbie hopes to keep that seat dinging. of course having familial connections in politics isn't always a recipe for success. that somebody was not ben quayle, son of dan. he announced he wouldn't run this cycle, joining a lobbying firm instead. liz cheney gave it a go running for senate in wyoming, but even fund-raisers keynoted by dear old dad couldn't get her traction. cheney dropped out before the primary. cheney and quayle are the exceptions rather than the rule of course, because in america, the land that rejected ro