The 2010 TIME 100 Poll

Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators and icons who you think are the most influential people in the world. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed, with Mir-Hossein Mousavi having won the honor, users can continue to vote for their favorites until the list is revealed on Thursday, April 29th

2010 Candidates

Scott Brown

By TIME StaffThursday, Apr. 01, 2010
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Brian Snyder / Reuters

Age: 50
Occupation: U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Previous TIME 100 Appearances: 0

Brown's surprise election to the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat broke the Democrats' supermajority, throwing a wrench in the Obama Administration's plans for heath care reform. But the truck-driving, centerfold-posing pol quickly turned around and backed a bipartisan jobs bill, suggesting that a guy who campaigned as the Republicans' 41st vote may not be a GOP darling for long.

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