Word: grahams
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barrett says that while Graham's tactics may have changed, her political agenda and her approach to problems remain the same in many ways...
...Saundra Graham is still an outsider, both in the city and the State House--in a good sense," says Barrett. "She is tough, aggressive. She still pounds the table for decent things. I have not seen her change...
...some of Graham's constituents feel that, in the process of gaining political power, Graham has lost touch with them. And they say that's why she lost this September's Democratic primary to Alvin E. Thompson...
...Graham herself acknowledges that she has not been in close enough contact with her constituency. She attributes her loss last month to a lack of awareness of her accomplishments, and says she should have done more to inform her constituents of what she was doing...
...making local voters aware of her efforts inside the State House, Graham says she hopes to convince them that she is still actively working for them...