Blanche Lincoln

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Blanche Lincoln
U.S. Senior Senator, Arkansas

Party	Democratic
Assumed office (class 3) January 6, 1999 Serving with Mark Pryor
Preceded by	Dale Bumpers
Committees	Finance Aging Energy and Natural Resources Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Born	September 30, 1960
Spouse	Dr. Steve Lincoln
Religion	Episcopalian

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Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is the Democratic senior United States Senator from the State of Arkansas. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate when she was elected in 1998 at the age of 38; as of 2007, she is also the youngest Senior Senator in the Senate. She is the second woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas after Hattie Caraway, who served 14 years in the senate.

1 Background
2 Member of the following Senate Committees:
3 Contact information
4 GovTrack link
5 External Links
6 Related areas

Background

Blanche Lambert was born in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas. After graduating she took a job as staff assistant to 1st District Congressman Bill Alexander and served in his office until 1984. Lambert defeated her former boss in the Democratic primary of 1992 and took his seat in the House. She was reelected to a second term under her married name, Blanche Lincoln, and served in the House of Representatives until 1997. Lincoln did not stand for reelection in 1996 because of her pregnancy.

In 1998, Lincoln returned to politics and ran for the Senate seat being vacated by incumbent Democrat Dale Bumpers. She defeated her Republican opponent, Fay Boozman, by a margin of 55%-42%.

Member of the following Senate Committees:

Committee on Finance
Special Committee on Aging
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Social Security Task Force
Rural Health Caucus
Senate New Democrat Coalition

Contact information

GovTrack link

GovTrack: Blanche Lincoln

External Links

LINCOLN, Blanche Lambert from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present

Related areas

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Arkansas

President: 2004, 2008

Congress: AR-Sen, AR-01, AR-02, AR-03, AR-04

State: AR-Gov, Arkansas Senate, Arkansas House, Arkansas elections, 2008, Arkansas election results

Counties: Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Union, Van Buren, Washington, White, Woodruff, Yell

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