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# Here's What Donald Trump Highlighted in His Voter's Guide Biography

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## Ryan Teague Beckwith


Oct 14, 2016 3:13 PM UTC

by 

[Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/)


## Ryan Teague Beckwith


Oct 14, 2016 3:13 PM UTC

As a first-time candidate for elected office, [Donald Trump ](http://time.com/4531110/donald-trumps-latest-conspiracy-theory/)faces a tricky problem when it comes to a routine part of the election: the voters’ guide biography.

Twenty states mail voter guides featuring candidate statements and other ballot information to registered voters, according to [research from Ballotpedia](https://ballotpedia.org/Features%5Fof%5Fofficial%5Fvoter%5Fguides,%5Fcompared%5Fby%5Fstate), a website run by the nonpartisan Lucy Burns Institute.

Because he does not have the typical political experience that a candidate would mention in the campaign statement section, Trump chose to highlight some other parts of his life story in [the Washington state voters’ guide](https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/MyVoteOLVR/OnlineVotersGuide?language=en&electionId=63&countyCode=xx&Group=Federal):

• Writing _The Art of the Deal_ and 14 other bestsellers

• Winning “a record number of votes” in the Republican primary

• Having “over 20 million followers” on social media

• Devoting “much of his time to media interviews” on law enforcement, immigration and jobs

• Serving as grand marshal of the 1996 New York City Veterans Day Parade

• Owning the Trump Tower and 18 “award-winning golf courses”

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