Trouble with python while loop
<p>I'm sorry if this is a ridiculous question but I'm just learning python and I can't figure this out. :)</p>

<p>My program is supposed to print the capital of any state that the user inputs. Sometimes it will work ten times in a row, other times it will work three times in a row, and then it will just stop after you type in a state. If I restart it and type in the state that it stopped on it will work just fine....for a random number of times and then it will stop again. What am I doing wrong? Also is my code awful? I had no idea what sort of code to use for this so I just kind of tossed in whatever I could make work.</p>

<pre><code>    x = str(raw_input('Please enter a sate: ' ))
    while x == 'Alabama':
        print 'Montgomery is the capital of', x
        x = str(raw_input('Please enter a state: '))
    while x ==  'Alaska':
        print 'Juneau is the capital of', x
        x = str(raw_input('Please enter a state: '))                  
    while x == 'Arizona':
        print 'Phoenix is the capital of', x
        x = str(raw_input('Please enter a state: ' ))
    while x == 'Arkansas':
        print 'Little Rock is the capital of', x
        x = str(raw_input('Please enter a state: '))'
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