July 10, 1989:
Hastings lost the Democratic gubernatorial nomination from Florida in the 1990 primary.
The impeachment trial of U.S. District Judge Alcee Hastings begins in the Senate. The House impeached him in 1988 on bribery and perjury charges.
On Oct. 20, 1989, the Senate will vote to convict and remove him from office, 67-28.
In September of 1992 a federal judge will rule that the Senate had improperly removed Hastings from the bench. Less than two months later, he will be elected to the House from Florida's 23rd CD, becoming the first federal judge to serve in a body that impeached him. He still holds the seat.
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