def _normalize(self, name):
name = re.sub(<EOL>r'<STR_LIT>'<EOL>'<STR_LIT>'<EOL>'<STR_LIT>',<EOL>'<STR_LIT>',<EOL>name)<EOL>return name.strip().lower().replace('<STR_LIT:.>', '<STR_LIT>')<EOL>
Normalizes a legislator name by stripping titles from the front,
converting to lowercase and removing punctuation.