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...record 11 women sought Senate seats. Five won (including an incumbent), bringing the number in that body to seven, from three. In Illinois, an obscure Cook County recorder of deeds, Carol Moseley Braun, rolled to victory in the primary over a Democratic incumbent who had supported Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, then won in the general election over an ex-Reagan official. Braun will be the first black 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...
...Senate, 6 triumphed yesterday evening. The name of the winner in each race appears in italics. ARIZONA Claire Sargent (D) 33% John McCain (R) inc. 55% CALIFORNIA Barbara Boxer (D) 47% Bruce Herschensohn (R) 43% CALIFORNIA Dianne Feinstein (D) 54% John Seymour (R) 30% ILLINOIS Carol Moseley Braun (D) 55% Richard Williamson 45% 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...
...Carol Moseley Braun, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Illinois, has become the woman of the year in what has been dubbed the Year of the Women in politics...
...polls are very encouraging," said Laura Retzler, student coordinator for the campaign. "The latest puts Carol Moseley Braun at 54 percent and [Republican opponent] Rich Williamson at 28 percent...
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...