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Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), a vocal opponent of oil and natural gas drilling off the coast of Florida, announced Monday that he will not seek re-election when his current term expires in late 2004. Graham was elected to the Senate in 1986, and served as governor of the Sunshine State for eight years (1979-1987). He is the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and also has served on several other committees during his three terms in the Senate — Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental and Public Works, Finance and Select Intelligence.