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DETROIT - Robert Teeter, an influential Republican pollster who worked in several presidential races and was a longtime member of former President Bush (news - web sites)'s campaign brain trust, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 65. Teeter died Sunday night at his home in Ann Arbor, his company said Monday. Teeter played an important role in American politics over the last 30 years, working with Republican presidents beginning with Richard Nixon and serving as national chairman for Bush's unsuccessful 1992 re-election campaign. He also handled polling for Bush in his 1980 presidential run and was a...