Sen. Jean Carnahan Files Bid to Retain Senate Seat
Democratic Sen. Jean Carnahan filed for election to the Senate seat to which she was appointed after her husband died in a plane crash.
It will be the first campaign for Carnahan, 68, who said she will run on her Senate record, not the memory or legacy of her late husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan.
“Many people say they have a hard time not thinking about what happened when they look at me--and they’re very supportive of what I’m doing, the fact that I’m carrying on,” she said. “But right now, I’ve got to put forth my record. That’s what I’ve got to stand on and run on.”
Carnahan has served in the Senate since Jan. 3, 2001. Her husband died three weeks before the general election and his name remained on the ballot.
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