NEW FACES IN THE SENATE "THE GOOD MOUTH" "WE ELECTED A DEMOCRATIC WOMAN NAMED BARBARA AND SOMEBODY NAMED MIKULSKI, AND THE SENATE WON'T BE THE SAME FROM NOW ON!" THUS CROWED THE MARYLAND WINNER, A 4-FT. 11-IN. BUNDLE OF ENERGY WITH A VOICE LIKE A BALTIMORE HARBOR FOGHORN, ON ELECTION NIGHT. THE VICTORY CELEBRATION WAS INDEED HISTORIC: BARBARA MIKULSKI, 50, % THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF POLISH IMMIGRANTS, HAD SWEPT PAST REPUBLICAN LINDA CHAVEZ, 61% TO 39%, TO BECOME THE FIRST FEMALE DEMOCRAT
TO MAKE IT TO THE SENATE ON HER OWN, RATHER THAN IN THE FOOTSTEPS of a deceased husband.
Ronald Reagan,...
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