Editing Bob Graham (section)

===U.S. Senator===
Graham was elected to the U.S. Senate in [[1986 United States Senate election in Florida|1986]], defeating incumbent Senator [[Paula Hawkins (politician)|Paula Hawkins]], 55% to 45%.<ref name="clerk">{{Cite web |author=Clerk of the House of Representatives |author-link=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |date=1987 |title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1986 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]] |access-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123044610/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986election.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> He was reelected in [[1992 United States Senate elections|1992]] (over [[James W. Grant|Bill Grant]], 66% to 34%)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf |title=Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992 |author=Clerk of the House of Representatives |author-link=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |date=1993 |publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]] |access-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-date=January 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123044622/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992election.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[1998 United States Senate elections|1998]] (over [[Charlie Crist]], 63% to 37%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm |title=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1998 |author=Clerk of the House of Representatives |author-link=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |date=1999 |access-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-date=February 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203104051/https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> and chose not to seek reelection in 2004. Upon retiring from the Senate in January 2005, Graham had served 38 consecutive years in public office.<ref name="NYT Obit" />

[[File:Bob Graham presiding over the Senate.jpg|thumb|Graham presiding over the U.S. Senate during the vote on [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] appointee [[Robert Bork]]]]

Graham served 10 years on the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]], which he chaired during and after [[9/11]] and the run-up to the [[Iraq war]]. He led the [[Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001|joint congressional investigation into 9/11]]. As chair of the Intelligence Committee, Graham opposed the War in Iraq and was one of the 23 senators to vote against President [[George W. Bush]]'s request for authorization of the use of military force. After meeting with military leaders in February 2002 and requesting and reviewing a [[National Intelligence Estimate]], he said he "felt we were being manipulated and that the result was going to distract us from where our real enemies were". He continued to oppose the Iraq War, saying in 2008: "I'm afraid I never wavered from my belief that this was a distraction that was going to come to a bad end in Iraq and an even worse end in [[Afghanistan]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/17/graham-i-never-wavered-i_n_91844.html |title=Graham: I Never Wavered In My Belief That The War Was Wrong |last=Stein |first=Sam |work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]] |date=March 28, 2008 |access-date=November 24, 2010 |archive-date=July 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726012204/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/17/graham-i-never-wavered-i_n_91844.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2004, Graham published ''Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia and the Failure of America's War on Terror''.<ref name="NYT Obit" />

Graham had a well-known habit of meticulously logging his daily activities (some as mundane as when he ate a tuna sandwich or rewound a tape of ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective|Ace Ventura]]'') on color-coded notebooks, which ''[[Salon.com]]'' suggested in 2003 may have harmed his standing as a possible vice presidential candidate.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tapper |first=Jake |author-link=Jake Tapper |url=https://www.salon.com/2003/06/03/graham_7/ |title='1:30–1:45: Rewind Ace Ventura' |work=[[Salon.com]] |date=June 3, 2003 |access-date=November 8, 2014 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109033620/http://www.salon.com/2003/06/03/graham_7/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The notebooks are now housed at the [[University of Florida]] library.<ref>{{cite news |first=Nathan |last=Crabbe |url=https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2010/08/13/bob-grahams-collection-at-uf-details-life/31411604007/ |title=Bob Graham's collection at UF details life |newspaper=[[Ocala StarBanner]] |access-date=April 17, 2024 |date=August 13, 2010 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205012345/https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2010/08/13/bob-grahams-collection-at-uf-details-life/31411604007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>