Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94
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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor's daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died, her son Bill Kassebaum told CBS News on Saturday. She was 94.
Bill Kassebaum told CBS News that his mother was "an independent voice that was willing to do what was right for Kansas and the country," which he said sometimes meant going against her party.
"She was also willing to talk to her constituents, even when they didn't agree, and openly discuss her votes and stances," he said, adding that while people may not have agreed with her, they appreciated her willingness to talk.
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Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died
Read at ABC News →Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office.
Read at CBS News →Nancy Kassebaum Baker co-authored a landmark 1996 health insurance law with Ted Kennedy and won Kansas re-election by huge margins twice.
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Read at MS NOW →A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.
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