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GOP's Linda Ackerman adds another role
PolitiCalRepublican activist Linda Ackerman has been appointed California chair of Maggie's List. The organization supports fiscally conservative female candidates for federal office.... -
Adams wins endorsement of Maggie’s List PAC
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelU.S. Rep. Sandy Adams, R-Orlando, has been endorsed by Maggie's List, a relatively new federal PAC that's “dedicated to electing conservative women to federal office.” The Tallahassee-based group, headed by former Florida Secretary of State... -
Mikulski set to make history
When Maryland's Barbara Mikulski was first sworn in as a U.S. senator in 1987, she entered what she described as "a guys' club," a chamber where senators socialized in a gym off-limits to her and the only other female senator then, Republican Nancy...Tags: Kansas, Arts and Culture, Elections, Barbara A. Mikulski, Human Interest
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10 things you might not know about Republicans
When our forefathers threw off their Whigs and became Republicans, they could hardly have imagined that one of their party's biggest stars would call herself a "Mama Grizzly." These are heady days for the GOP, which recaptured the U.S. House this month....Tags: Iowa, Minnesota, Minority Groups, Elections, Government
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Who persuaded Congress to proclaim a national teacher day in 1953? a) Bess Truman b) Eleanor Roosevelt c) Senator Margaret Chase Smith
WGN NewsANSWER: b) Eleanor RooseveltTags: WGN, Eleanor Roosevelt
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Widows of Bono, Capps Are on Well-Worn Path to Office
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON -- The day after Beverly Byron's congressman husband dropped dead at age 48 while training for the Marine Corps marathon, the governor of Maryland sat in the widow's living room, urging her to take his seat. "My two boys said, 'She'll run.'...Tags: Arts and Culture, Elections, Michael Jordan, Jo Ann Emerson, Death
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