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	The religion of Jean Carnahan, Senator from Missouri
		Jean Carnahan, a Democratic U.S. Senator from Missouri, was a Baptist.
		Jean Carnahan's husband Mel Carnahan was a Baptist deacon, and her son Russ Carnahan was a member of the United Methodist Church.
		Jean and Mel Carnahan have been partners since meeting at a Baptist youth group when she was 15 years old.
	www.adherents.com /people/pc/Jean_Carnahan.html (584 words)

	Late Governor's Name Holds Sway In Mo. Election (washingtonpost.com)
		Sen. Jean Carnahan is campaigning in Missouri for the opportunity to finish the term won by her late husband, Mel Carnahan.
		Jean Carnahan and Talent insist the race should be about their respective records.
		While the Mel Carnahan vs. Ashcroft battle was considered one of the nastiest in Missouri history, and as races across the nation turn ugly as both parties wrestle for control of the Senate, the contest between Jean Carnahan and Talent remains largely civil -- and not coincidentally.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41727-2002Jul21 (1702 words)

	Kansas City 1 Channel - Jean Carnahan Says Yes; Voters React
		Carnahan's announcement came two weeks to the day after Mel Carnahan, 66, the Carnahans' eldest son Roger, 44, and Carnahan adviser Chris Sifford, 37, died when their small plane crashed outside St. Louis on the way to a campaign rally.
		Jean Carnahan was at her husband's side during the late governor's 40 years in politics.
		Carnahan has never run for office, but she has been active in politics and issues that involve children, the arts and stopping domestic violence.
	html.thekansascitychannel.com /kc1/election2000/stories/election2000-20001030-132251.html (553 words)

	Widow's Mandate Demeans Women
		Jean Carnahan indicated October 30 that she would accept the appointment.
		Supporting her for the position Mel Carnahan sought assumes that she is the exact replica of her husband and someone who will think and act and vote as he did.
		Because Jean Carnahan has never held or sought public office and has no legislative record, her advocates argue that the widow's character—in particular the dignity she displayed during her husband's funeral—make her the best choice for the United States Senate.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /offices/comm/csj/111000/carnahan.shtml (851 words)

	USATODAY.com - Widow appointed to Senate seat will run this fall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — When she took office, Sen. Jean Carnahan, D-Mo., was still mourning the death of her husband and son in a plane crash that led to her becoming a U.S. senator.
		Carnahan has decided she wants to complete the six-year term that voters, remarkably, awarded Gov. Mel Carnahan three weeks after his death.
		Carnahan, 68, was appointed by then-Gov. Roger Wilson after voters narrowly chose her late husband over Republican Sen. John Ashcroft, whom President Bush then tapped for attorney general.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/jan02/2002-01-15-carnahan.htm (463 words)

	NTSB: Carnahan Crash Site Debris Field "Extensive" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Carnahan, 66, was completing his second term as governor and was in a tight race with Ashcroft.
		Carnahan was praised as a strong leader during his tenure as Missouri's 51st governor.
		Carnahan had been in public life since he was 26 years old when he won election as a municipal judge in his hometown of Rolla.
	www.newsmax.com /articles/?a=2000/10/17/152619 (744 words)

	Missouri's Carnahan posthumously elected to Senate - Campaign 2000
		Carnahan garnered 1,120,927 votes 51 percent of the total votes reported as of 2 a.m Wednesday morning while Ashcroft got 49 percent of the votes with 1,093,897, according to CNN.
		The law, which has also made Carnahan's wife Jean eligible to replace her husband, was created in the aftermath of a similar plane crash involving another Missouri politician 24 years ago.
		Jean Carnahan has pledged to invest in education, one of her late husband's strong commitments.
	www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2000/11/09/Campaign2000/Missouris.Carnahan.Posthumously.Elected.To.Senate-700831.shtml (861 words)

	Jean Carnahan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jean Carpenter Carnahan (born December 20, 1933) is an American politician and writer who served in the United States Senate from 2001 to 2002.
		Jean Carpenter married her high-school sweetheart, Mel Carnahan, in 1954.
		Mel Carnahan was running in 2000 for a Senate seat from Missouri against incumbent John Ashcroft.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jean_Carnahan (510 words)

	Online NewsHour: The Missouri Senate Race -- Jean Carnahan Biography
		And although she had never before held political office, Jean Carnahan is one of a handful of senators that pollsters are watching carefully, since her political survival is crucial to a Senate Democratic leadership hanging by a single-vote majority.
		Jean and Mel Carnahan settled in the town of Rolla, Missouri, where Mel, also a Democrat, began to build a political career, first as a municipal judge in 1960, then as a state representative.
		Jean Carnahan was inaugurated in her husband's place on Jan. 3, 2001.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/mo_carnahan.html (706 words)

	Mel Carnahan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They had four children: Russ Carnahan, a member of the United States House of Representatives; Tom Carnahan, a real estate developer; Robin Carnahan, who was elected in 2004 as Missouri Secretary of State; and Roger "Randy" Carnahan, who piloted the plane and perished along with his father.
		Carnahan preceded Senator Paul Wellstone and followed Congressman Jerry Litton in dying in plane crashes during Senate campaigns (in 2002 and 1976, respectively).
		Carnahan was then appointed to the Senate and served until, in a special election in November 2002, she was narrowly defeated by James Talent, a Republican.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mel_Carnahan (735 words)

	Jean Carnahan - The Huffington Post
		Carnahan, a son of the late Gov. Mel Carnahan and former Sen. Jean Carnahan, was first elected in 2004 to succeed Democrat Richard A. Gephardt, who that year made a bid for the Democratic presidential...
		It was Carnahan’s defeat in 2002 by Jim Talent that McCaskill avenged in November.
		Talent WON in 2002 with 49.8 percent of the vote, to Jean Carnahan's 48.7 percent.
	www.huffingtonpost.com /people/Jean+Carnahan (456 words)

	Fulton Sun
		Carnahan worked with her husband, the late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan during his 40 years as a legislator, state treasurer, lieutenant governor and governor.
		Carnahan stepped into the political spotlight herself in 2000, assuming her husband's posthumous appointment to the U.S. Senate after he and their son, Randy Carnahan, were killed in an airplane crash three weeks before the election.
		Carnahan said she was flattered to be asked to speak at this weekend's ceremony, and is looking forward to the opportunity.
	www.fultonsun.com /articles/2006/05/02/news/243news13.txt (582 words)

	Missouri's Carnahan posthumously elected to Senate - Campaign 2000
		Carnahan garnered 1,120,927 votes 51 percent of the total votes reported as of 2 a.m Wednesday morning while Ashcroft got 49 percent of the votes with 1,093,897, according to CNN.
		The law, which has also made Carnahan's wife Jean eligible to replace her husband, was created in the aftermath of a similar plane crash involving another Missouri politician 24 years ago.
		Jean Carnahan has pledged to invest in education, one of her late husband's strong commitments.
	media.www.dailytexanonline.com /media/storage/paper410/news/2000/11/09/Campaign2000/Missouris.Carnahan.Posthumously.Elected.To.Senate-700831.shtml?norewrite200611210528&sourcedomain=www.dailytexanonline.com (869 words)

	Carnahan pretends to be a centrist; Sen. Jean Carnahan portrays herself as a middle-of-the-road candidate in moderate ...
		Carnahan pretends to be a centrist; Sen. Jean Carnahan portrays herself as a middle-of-the-road candidate in moderate Missouri, but the track record of this political novice routinely veers to the left - Nation: U.S. Senate Race
		Because Carnahan was appointed, not elected, Missouri law could allow Talent to be seated in November--giving Republicans a one-seat majority in any lame-duck session of Congress even if the GOP doesn't regain a Senate majority as a result of elections in other states.
		Ashcroft easily could have challenged Carnahan's victory on constitutional grounds, since the U.S. Constitution requires that someone elected to the U.S. Senate must legally be a "resident" of the state from which he or she was elected--a status that a deceased person cannot claim in any U.S. state.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_38_18/ai_93457396 (928 words)

	Missouri Democratic Party Press Release
		According to Carnahan, one of the most telling pieces of information about Matt Blunt’s stance on education is his support for a bill that would have dismantled Missouri’s Outstanding Schools Act in order to give tax breaks to corporations and Missouri families that on average earned more than $193,000 a year.
		Carnahan noted that Blunt seemed to be making an election year conversion when it comes to the issue of education.
		Carnahan praised the work Claire McCaskill has done as a prosecutor, legislator and State Auditor and noted that in all of these jobs McCaskill made supporting children and schools her top priority.
	www.missouridems.org /press_releases/092404-CarnahanEducation.asp (357 words)

	Missouri Voters Elect Late Governor Carnahan to Senate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Carnahan's apparent electoral triumph marked an astounding comeback for state Democrats, who had all but given up even contesting the seat after the governor's plane crashed Oct. 16 on the way to a campaign fund raiser.
		Jean Carnahan's candidacy, and the swell of media attention it generated, put Ashcroft in a bind.
		Meanwhile, Jean Carnahan's supporters put out the word that she had been a "full partner'' throughout her husband's long years of public service, supporting such issues as abortion rights, gun control and better day care.
	archives.thedaily.washington.edu /2000/110800/N9.Carnahan.html (865 words)

	Missouri's Carnahan Biggest Election Worry for Dem Chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Carnahan is a political novice; she had never before held or campaigned for elected office.
		In an Oct. 21 debate, Carnahan by most accounts was less polished (in what was her first debate) than Talent, a four-term former congressman and unsuccessful 2000 GOP gubernatorial nominee.
		Mel Carnahan was a prominent gun control supporter, and Jean Carnahan has supported background checks for gun buyers, trigger locks, and a continued ban on certain semi-automatic weapons.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/articles/2002/10/29/62755.shtml (842 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Jean Carnahan \| Congress Should Extend Jobless Insurance
		Carnahan was appointed to the Senate two years ago when her husband, who died in a plane crash while campaigning, defeated incumbent John Ashcroft.
		She is in a close race with former Republican Rep. Jim Talent in the Nov. 5 congressional elections.
		Carnahan said the U.S. economy was hurting because of record job losses, weak economic growth, declining business investment, a falling stock market, shrinking retirement accounts, and rising health care costs.
	www.truthout.org /docs_02/10.14E.carnahan.jobs.htm (417 words)

	Don't Let the Fire Go Out Jean Carnahan
		"In 2000, Jean Carnahan was elected to the U.S. Senate as a substitute for her late husband.
		The wife of Mel Carnahan, the well- known and highly respected Missouri governor and popular leader of the Democratic Party, Jean Carnahan made history when she agreed to serve in the U.S. Senate after Missouri voters elected her husband to the position posthumously.
		Jean Carnahan served as United States senator from January 3, 2001, to November 25, 2002.
	www.umsystem.edu /upress/spring2004/carnahan.htm (465 words)

	Jean Carnahan won't limit herself to two years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Jean Carnahan said she would accept the appointment which would last until the next general election in 2002.
		Jean Carnahan was raised in Washington, D.C., but "going to the halls of Congress will be a new thing for me, but like everything else, it's something you can learn," she said.
		Along with Hillary Clinton, Jean Carnahan was one of three Democratic gains in the Senate, putting the chamber at 50-49 in favor of the GOP.
	www.mdn.org /2000/STORIES/JEANX.HTM (596 words)

	Behind every dead candidate ... - Salon
		"Jean Carnahan is an incredibly strong and capable person who was universally recognized as an equal partner with Mel in his career," Vice President Al Gore said, calling her the late governor's "equal in strength and intellect and stamina and contribution."
		Of course, many voters may have elected to go with Carnahan because they believed that her views would certainly be closer to Mel's than those of his conservative opponent, sort of a "Better wife than Ashcroft!" approach that is not without its merits.
		But whatever Jean Carnahan's legislative record may turn out to be, the idea of a wife serving for her husband plays into our most dated notions about what a wife is -- a legal pinch hitter who embodies her husband's ideals and views, who lives to carry out his will when he cannot.
	dir.salon.com /story/mwt/feature/2000/11/09/jean_carnahan/index1.html (486 words)

	Jean Carnahan Accepts Senate Offer - CBS News
		Carnahan, his eldest son and a longtime aide were killed in a plane crash October 16th.
		Carnahan's decision, if the late governor outpolls incumbent GOP Sen. John Ashcroft, the matter is sure to go before the courts, and that it could take some time to resolve.
		Carnahan, while she signalled a willingness to go to the U.S. Senate, did say that she would not enter the fray as a candidate.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2000/10/27/politics/main244773.shtml (907 words)

	Mrs. Carnahan Would Accept Seat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Dry-eyed and speaking in a steady voice, Jean Carnahan said she would carry on the vision of her husband, a two-term Democrat who was killed along with their eldest son and an aide in a plane crash two weeks ago.
		Jean Carnahan, 66, has never held public office but was offered a Senate appointment by Democratic Gov. Roger Wilson if Missouri voters choose her husband over GOP Sen. John Ashcroft.
		Carnahan's name remains on the ballot because it was too late to remove it.
	www.phillyburbs.com /election2000/news/669298.htm (773 words)

	Jean Carnahan: Mel Would Be Proud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Carnahan said she would accept the offer to keep her husband's legacy alive.
		Carnahan, 66, conducted a low-key but effective campaign, consisting mainly of one news conference, one TV commercial and a single interview from the seclusion of the family home.
		Carnahan said she is committed to promoting her late husband's ideas and values.
	www.jsonline.com /election2000/ap/nov00/ap-eln-missouri-se110800.asp?format=print (436 words)

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