Word: arlen
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Though it boasts prominent names, including Senators Arlen Specter, Nancy Kassebaum, John Chafee and Warren Rudman, the new assemblage faces rough going. Other moderates, reluctant to anger religious activists, declined to join the effort. Even the pugnacious Specter cautioned afterward that "it is important that we not pick fights or disagree with anyone." Ralph Reed, who runs Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition, noted that a previous effort to mobilize centrists had flopped. "It's awfully hard to motivate moderates," Reed observed...
HARRISBURG--If Republican Sen. Arlen Specter has a special game plan for the remaining days of the campaign before Tuesday's election, he's not saying...The campaign seems upbeat, but cautious. Brad Bumstead Gannet News Services, October...
...woman Senator. California, with two seats open, chose establishment Democrat Dianne Feinstein and liberal firebrand Barbara Boxer. Once mocked as "a mom in tennis shoes," Washington state senator Patty Murray becomes a U.S. Senator after a campaign that turned insult to advantage. But Lynn Yeakel lost to Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter in a fierce battle...
...rosy for female candidates last night. The most notable loser was Democrat Lynn Yeakel in Pennsylvania. Yeakel, who had said the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas inspired her to run for Senate, lost to incumbent Arlen Specter. Specter was criticized for his harsh questioning of Anita Hill during the Thomas hearings...
...IOWA Jean Lloyd-Jones (D) 28% Charles E. Grassley (R) inc. 72% KANSAS Gloria O'Dell (D) 32% Robert Dole (R) inc. 64% MARYLAND Barbara Mikulski (D) inc. 71% Alan Keyes (R) 29% MISSOURI Geri Rothman-Serot (D) 46% Kit Bond (R) inc. 54% PENNSYLVANIA Lynn Yeakel (D) 49% Arlen Specter (R) inc. 51% SOUTH DAKOTA Charlene Haar (R) 33% Tom Daschle (D) inc. 65% WASHINGTON Patty Murray (D) 55% Rod Chandler (R) 45% Source: Associated Press...