Schroeder Considers Race for President
Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, the dean of women in Congress and co-chairwoman of Gary Hart’s abortive White House campaign, Friday said she is pondering a bid for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination.
Schroeder, 46, said there are “just an awful lot of things that I could contribute that aren’t being said” by those already in the crowded field. If she runs, she would be the first woman in the 1988 race.
The House Armed Services Committee member said she will talk to people in states with early primaries and test the waters on the question of raising the several million dollars needed for a race.
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