BOB Dole’s daughter has remained out of the spotlight despite the high profile of her dad but the two are said to have had a strong bond.
Robin Dole, 67, grew up in Kansas and then Washington DC and helped her father in his political campaigns.
"My father has been in Congress 35 years," she said, in one of her first extended interviews about herself. "That's the majority of my life."
Robin appears to have had a fairly ordinary life, according to reports.
She was a member of the Girl Scouts and a pre-teen who dreamed of dating Paul McCartney.
Her academic achievements in high school and college have been described as “mediocre” and was more interested in socializing than studying.
Robin first campaigned for her dad when she was just five-years-old.
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With her hair in pigtails she wore a homemade shirt that read: “I’m for my daddy, are you?”
"If I had to use a word to describe her, it would be a real 'trouper,' " says Walt Riker, a former Dole aide. "She's been very loyal to her father, his cause and his campaigns. She'll step into the Bob Dole arena when it's warranted or needed, but she's not consumed by it."
She has said she absorbed politics “by osmosis” but added it wasn’t in her blood.
Roger Schwartz, Robin’s high school and college boyfriend who is still close to her, told the Baltimore Sun: "When we're out with friends, we're fairly apolitical.
"We talk about our lives, our jobs, our families. She kind of looks at us as a sanctuary away from politics. She's not, like, a really complicated person."
Robin’s friends say she has her dad’s emotional reserve and remains wary about the media although is said to be personable and outgoing and possesses a hearty laugh.
"We all grew up here in the fishbowl," said Ms Dole, who lives in a townhouse in Alexandria, Va.
"We're much more attuned to the press. Nobody wants to have something misconstrued, nobody wants to be responsible for that kind of thing."
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