Word: braun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Shea S. Riley, coordinator of Students for Braun at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, "A lot of [college students] tell me that they are voting only to vote for Carol Moseley Braun." Riley also noted that Braun's name recognition has reached an astonishing 90 percent in Illinois...
...such overwhelming support? In addition to being in the right place at the right time last spring, her years of experience in Illinois politics and a charismatic, plain-speaking style, Braun won national celebrity because of her potential to become the first Black woman in the Senate...
Checks poured in from across the country, and a campaign that had been plagued by disorganization and lack of funds took off. Suddenly, Braun was everywhere, prompting one enthusiastic downstate Democratic committee chair to claim, "I predict that Clinton will be pulled to victory [in Illinois] by Carol Braun's coattails...
This somewhat hyperbolic claim was only affirmed by the national media. In August, Braun appeared on the front page of the New York Times embracing Clinton at a Democratic rally...
...down-to-earth style is usually enough to convince voters that she can take a stand. Braun strongly criticized Bush's abortion policy in an address to students at Western Illinois University: "They wanted to give you freedom to make choices in your life and yet they want to get into your bedroom and tell you whether or not you can get pregnant...