Jean Carnahan
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Jean Anne Carnahan was an American politician and writer who was the first lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she
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Senator Jean Carnahan meeting with South Korean president Kim Dae-jung
The 2002 United States Senate special election in Missouri was held on November 5, 2002, to decide who would serve the rest of Democrat Mel Carnahan's term, after he died while campaigning and posthum
Jean Carnahan
…sponsored legislation to provide economic benefits and health care for laid off airline workers post-9/11. She voted in favor of the Bush tax cuts. In 2002, the special election was held for the remainder of the six-year term. Carnahan formally announced her campaign April 28, 2002, and entered as one of…
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