As you might imagine, becoming the dominant player in electronics component manufacturing in China -- particularly at a time when competition has never been fiercer -- takes a particular personality type, and after reading BusinessWeek's profile of Foxconn founder Terry Gou, you get a very real sense that the dude meets the criteria.

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The district, which encompasses some of the most affluent areas in the state (it's home to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos), is the type of place where House Democrats have made inroads in recent years.

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