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	Julia Carson
		Carson had worked in Jacobs' district office in the 1960s, and it was at his urging that she began her political career with a successful run for an Indiana House seat in 1972.
		Julia Carson was born in 1938 in Louisville, Ky. to Velma Porter, an unmarried teen-age mother.
		In 2004, Carson was opposed by Andrew Horning, a one-time Libertarian, and was re-elected with 54 percent of the vote.
	www.indystar.com /library/factfiles/people/c/carson_julia/carson.html (726 words)

	IN-07 Julia Carson
		In 1990, Julia Carson successfully ran for election to the post of Center Township Trustee of Marion County.
		Julia Carson's fiscal acumen and management skill lead to her being named for the second time as the Indianapolis Star's Woman of the Year.
		Julia Carson pledges to continue to help build a safe, caring and responsible community.
	www.dccc.org /races/candidates/IN_07_Julia_Carson.html (559 words)

	Congresswoman Julia Carson - US House of Representatives
		Rep Julia Carson (D-IN) expressed her hope that the sale of Allison Transmission from GM to the Carlyle Group and Onex Corporation would maintain stability for Indiana workers.
		Rep Julia Carson (D-IN) expressed her strong opposition to government entities entering public-private partnerships that fail to fully protect the long-term public interest in a safe, integrated national transportation system that can meet our nation’s future needs.
		Rep Julia Carson (D-IN) voted last evening not to approve Amendment #2 to the Iraq Supplemental Funding Bill, the provision that authorized $97.8 billion in funding for the war with non-binding benchmarks for progress.
	www.juliacarson.house.gov (959 words)

	Biography of Rep. Julia Carson (IN-10) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Carson is a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and for the past 30 years she and her family have lived in the 2500 block of North Park Avenue in Indianapolis.
		Carson became increasingly concerned about both the plight of the poor people in her district who were supposed to be served by the Center Township Trustee and also the burden being shouldered the taxpayers.
		Carson successfully ran for the position of Center Township Trustee, with the intention of fixing the same agency she went to in youth for a ration of corn meal and lard for her family.
	www.centergov.org /bio1.htm (552 words)

	News & Events - School of Public Affairs and Environmental Sciences, IU Bloomington
		Carson, who represents Indiana's 10th congressional district, will speak on the theme, "People, Partnerships and Progress." Her lecture at is free and open to the public.
		In 1990, Carson successfully ran for election to the post of Center Township Trustee of Marion County, running against the advice of many political experts who feared the political quagmire of a poor relief office that was $20 million in debt.
		Carson's fiscal acumen and management skill lead to her being named for the second time as the Indianapolis Star's "Woman of the Year." Her budget-balancing feat earned bi-partisan admiration, including that of Republican County Auditor John Von Arx, who said, "Julia Carson wrestled that monster to the ground."
	www.indiana.edu /~speaweb/news/carson.php (355 words)

	blackprof.com: An Overlooked Political Race
		Carson also revealed a vicious streak in personally exposing that her Republican opponent, Eric Dickerson, had been arrested 15 years ago on charges of physically abusing his wife and daughter.
		Julia, having won that race inherited a machine (Center township trustee is a significant patronage job and a lot of people picked up monthly welfare check there) that had a momentum that has been declining at an increasing rate the farther her occupancy of that office becomes.
		The Julia Carson political push started on the air with three television commercials showing the Democratic incumbent in a positive light, but it is what is arriving in the mailbox of voters in the 7th district that is raising the ire of Republican challenger Eric Dickerson.
	www.blackprof.com /archives/2006/10/the_most_overlooked_political.html (2611 words)

	Ailments, critics can't slow Indiana Rep. Julia Carson : Local News : Evansville Courier Press
		With her flamboyant suits and hats as wide as sombreros, Democratic Rep. Julia Carson stands out for what she is: a blunt-talking fl woman in a district where whites outnumber fls, a liberal in a state that leans to the right.
		Yet despite years of health problems, missed votes and GOP claims that she is too liberal for her constituents, Carson appears a strong bet for a sixth term representing most of Indianapolis as Democrats look to regain control of the U.S. House.
		Carson, the only fl, the only woman and one of just two Democrats in Indiana's congressional delegation, has won more than two dozen consecutive elections at the local, state and national levels since 1972.
	www.courierpress.com /news/2006/oct/15/ailments-critics-cant-slow-indiana-rep-julia (727 words)

	Advance Indiana: Carson Can Walk
		Julia Carson's number one fan, Wilson Allen, assures AI that she is capable of walking without the assistance of an aide.
		Julia Carson worked for Congressman Andy Jacobs for eight years - I just found out last weekend she was even a class officer in high school.
		Carson was dying of AIDS with all the homophobia associated with that illness.
	advanceindiana.blogspot.com /2006/10/carson-can-walk.html (2966 words)

	Poll suggests tight race in seventh district - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Indianapolis - A year ago Julia Carson was bidding farewell to Rosa Parks, an African American pioneer she believes paved the way for her by refusing to give up her seat.
		Incumbent Democrat Julia Carson is not letting those numbers bother her, saying "I was born down in the polls.
		Julia Carson, who has been in this position before, outlined her plans for the rest of the campaign.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15342609 (474 words)

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		Julia M. Carson was born in Louisville, Ky., and resides in Indianapolis.
		Julia Carson was elected to the U.S. House in 1996 with 53 percent of the vote against Republican Virginia Blankenbaker.
		Carson served in the Indiana Senate, 1976-90; and the Indiana House, 1972-76.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/elections/2004/candidates/22085 (303 words)

	Julia Carson - Congresspedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Julia Carson's official website was rated by citizen researchers in February 2007 as part of a survey by the Sunlight Foundation.
		Carson was born July 8, 1938 as Julia May Porter, in Louisville, Kentucky.
		Carson was a sponsor of the the Amtrak reauthorization bill (the National Defense Rail Act).
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Julia_Carson (852 words)

	Congresswoman Julia Carson - US House of Representatives
		In the 108th Congress, Rep. Carson is the sponsor of the largest Amtrak reauthorization bill, the National Defense Rail Act, which would provide the rail passenger system with over $40 billion in funds to develop high-speed rail corridors and aid in the development of short distance corridors between larger urban centers.
		She is the sponsor of the Veteran's VOTE Act, a bill to ensure that all veterans have the right to vote after completing state or federal prison sentences.
		Carson is the sponsor and leading advocate of the Bringing America Home Act.
	juliacarson.house.gov /bio.shtml (773 words)

	OpinionJournal - Extra
		Carson, a fl liberal Democrat first elected in 1996, had seen her poll advantage shrink in recent weeks.
		Carson was re-elected with a whopping 59% of the vote in 2000, but a less lopsided result was expected this go-round.
		The Carson campaign was coordinating efforts with 30 churches and the local arm of the "unquestionably Democratic" AFL-CIO.
	www.opinionjournal.com /extra/?id=110002600 (1054 words)

	Project Vote Smart - Representative Carson - Interest Group Ratings
		Spring 05 Representative Carson supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 33 percent in Spring 05.
		Spring 04 Representative Carson supported the interests of the Conservative Index - The John Birch Society 38 percent in Spring 04.
		The Jews for Peace in Palestine and Israel assigned Representative Carson a score of -2.
	vote-smart.org /issue_rating_category.php?can_id=BC032620&...+Issues (9102 words)

	Body in Balance - Edmonds Pilates -Julia Carson, Director
		Julia Carson began her love of movement at the age of eight with her study of Classical Ballet.
		Carson received her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and Wellness graduating Magna Cum Laude from Ball State University, encompassing a vast curriculum of Anatomy and Physiology, Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology.
		Carson began her formal training in the Pilates Method with Master Teacher Dana Joel Belkholm at Mind and Body Incorporated (formerly One to One Training) in Seattle.
	www.edmondspilates.com /JuliaCarson.htm (297 words)

	House Top 40 Races -- Open Seats: Midwest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Blankenbaker is taking a harder tack on crime to differentiate herself from Carson, highlighting her support for "three-strikes" sentencing and saying that Carson is too soft on drug criminals.
		Carson, a former state legislator who administers relief programs in her current job, is unapologetic about her belief in the power of government to affect good.
		Carson, who is fl, hopes to change that history, and she is nonpareil at registering and turning out voters in the center city.
	edition.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/news/9611/03/house/in10.shtml.orig (372 words)

	Julia Carson — FactMonster.com
		Julia Carson's political career began in 1965, when Indiana congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr., hired her as a legislative assistant.
		In 1990 Carson was elected trustee for the Center Township, an agency providing assistance for the needy in central Indianapolis.
		During her terms in office, Carson has helped sponsor numerous pieces of legislation aimed at increasing funding for schools, curbing the abuses of managed health care, increasing food safety, and blocking children's access to hand guns.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0886855.html (370 words)

	Julia Carson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Julia M. Carson (born Julia May Porter on July 8, 1938) is Member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana, representing the 7th district.
		When his own electoral prospects looked dim in 1972, he encouraged Carson to run for the state House, which she did, and was duly elected to the state legislature of Indiana in 1972, serving as a member for 4 years.
		In the general election she faced Virginia Blankenbaker, a state senator and stockbroker, who, like Carson, was also a grandmother with liberal views on abortion and the death penalty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julia_Carson (638 words)

	National Women's Political Caucus
		Julia Carson is a candidate in the next election.
		Before she made history in 1996 by becoming the first woman and the first African-American Indianapolis has ever sent to Congress, Julia Carson served 18 years in the Indiana General Assembly and then 6 years as Center Township Trustee.
		Congresswoman Carson serves on the Housing and Community Opportunity Subcommittee of the Financial Services Committee. Rep. Carson is the sponsor and leading advocate of the
	www.nwpc.org /ht/d/OfficialDetails/i/13714 (735 words)

	IN 07: Previously Safe, Poll Shows Carson Endangered \| EVOTE.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		A poll conducted for WTHR news in Indianapolis shows Democratic incumbent Julia Carson in a surprisingly tight fight with the Republican challenger Eric Dickerson.
		A look at the money involved shows that Carson outraised Dickerson by a significant amount, hundreds of thousands of dollars vs. tens of thousands at last reported count, though it's hard to say exactly by how much since Dickerson's campaign has had trouble keeping up with FEC filing requirements.
		Carson reportedly hasn't felt well for the last few years, having had double bypass surgery and suffered extended hospitalizations and medical issues that caused her to miss votes.
	www.evote.com /?q=node/5053 (303 words)

	Julia Carson — Infoplease.com
		Julia Carson's political career began in 1965, when Indiana congressman Andrew Jacobs, Jr., hired her as a legislative assistant.
		In 1990 Carson was elected trustee for the Center Township, an agency providing assistance for the needy in central Indianapolis.
		During her terms in office, Carson has helped sponsor numerous pieces of legislation aimed at increasing funding for schools, curbing the abuses of managed health care, increasing food safety, and blocking children's access to hand guns.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0886855.html (454 words)

	Julia Carson \| Congress votes database \| washingtonpost.com
		See how Julia Carson voted on key votes -- the most important bills, nominations and resolutions that have come before Congress, as determined by washingtonpost.com.
		Julia Carson has voted with a majority of her Democratic colleagues 97.1% of the time during the current Congress.
		View Julia Carson's official financial disclosure statements, which describe the sources, types and amounts of income earned in a given year.
	projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/c000191 (220 words)

	TrackForum - Julia Carson and DNCC go into gutter
		Carson first accused Dickerson of abusing his wife and daughter during a meeting with The Star's Editorial Board on Sept. 18.
		This is the first opponent Carson has had that has not done, said or had anybody else say stupid stuff that the Carson machine could turn against them with the race card.
		With Julia standing by while the bar was going in a government building named for her and a park was being taken out for the bar's parking lot and now this, the only reason Julia isn't losing big is it such a safe D seat.
	www.trackforum.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=83239 (2720 words)

	About Us \| HouseDemocrats.gov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		She was also the sponsor of the largest Amtrak reauthorization bill, the National Defense Rail Act, which would have provided the rail passenger system with over $40 billion in funds.
		Other Rep. Carson legislation included a gun safety measure which would have required federal standards for handgun safety devices, and a bill which would have placed the entire state of Indiana on Daylight Saving Time, saving Indiana residents over $7 million dollars in electricity bills annually.
		In the 108th Congress, Rep. Carson is set to reintroduce the National Defense Rail Act, and to introduce legislation which would require credit bureaus to verify that any negative information about to be placed on a person's credit report is a fair and accurate before they do it.
	www.housedemocrats.gov /about/representative_detail.cfm?rep_id=53 (804 words)

	Rep. Carson Calls for Action on Olestra
		Rep. Julia Carson called for implementation of a four-point plan of action on olestra in light of constituent complaints about ingesting potato chips made with the fat substitute.
		On June 10, 1997, Rep. Carson sent a letter to the FDA urging the agency to establish an independent review commission on olestra.
		After receiving no response, Rep. Carson renewed her call for a commission today, along with the other points of her action plan.
	www.cspinet.org /olestra/carson.htm (506 words)

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