"Pioneering U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan Passes Away at 90"

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"Pioneering U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan Passes Away at 90"
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Jean Carnahan, the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate, has passed away at the age of 90. She was appointed to the Senate seat after her husband, Mel Carnahan, was posthumously elected to it following his death in a plane crash in 2000. A moderate Democrat, she served for nearly two years before losing to a Republican in 2002.

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