Word: braun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This year's slate of congressional candidates is full of outsiders likely to win election to the most powerful legislative body in the world--from Illinois senatorial candidate Carol Mosely Braun to Texas House of Representatives candidate Donna Peterson, a helicopter test pilot and business consultant...
...Braun's main concerns are the Illinois and national economies. Taking a jab at Republicans, Braun says "The greatest family value is employment." She wants to rebuild Illinois' infrastructure and create a single-payer health care system...
...also a strong advocate of education reform. Braun often cites education as the catalyst of her rise from a working class background to the Illinois General Assembly and the Cook County Recorder of Deeds...
...Although Braun is not irreproachable--she delivered an uninspiring speech at the Democratic convention--her popularity seems unassailable...
...Braun, who is far from anti-Semitic and is in fact a strong supporter of Israel, didn't even get a chance to defend herself. Numerous local columnists, writer Studs Terkel and Senator Paul Simon leapt to her defense, lambasting Williamson's tactics...