How do I display non-normalized data in a hierarchical structure?

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Published on 2010-05-06T18:04:29Z Indexed on 2010/05/06 18:08 UTC
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My issue is that I want to display data in a hierarchal structure as so:

Democrat
- County Clerk
  - Candidate 1
  - Candidate 2
- Magistrate
  - Candidate 1
  - Candidate 2
  - Candidate 3

But I'm retrieving the dataset like this:

Party | Office | Candidate
Democrat | County Clerk | Candidate 1
Democrat | County Clerk | Candidate 2
Democrat | Magistrate | Candidate 1
Democrat | Magistrate | Candidate 2
Democrat | Magistrate | Candidate 3

I planned on using nested repeaters, but I need a distinct value of Party, and then distinct values of office name within that party in order to do it.

Are there any .NET functions to easily do what I'm attempting to? Would there be a better way of displaying the information other than repeaters?

Thanks in advance!

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