Moseley-Braun Is Defeated Again

A Chicago woman who legally changed her name to Carol Moseley-Braun, the same as the former U.S. senator, was tossed off the ballot by election officials and accused of misleading the public. Lauryn Kaye Valentine, 21, officially changed her name to Carol Moseley-Braun in September, claiming she wanted to honor one of her heroes, the first black woman to be elected to the Senate. But Moseley-Braun, formerly Valentine, then decided to run for one of Chicago’s 50 aldermanic posts. The original Carol Moseley-Braun, who lost her reelection bid in November, accused her namesake of “identity theft.”