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  Bean off to D.C. as freshman with GOP target on her back
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Last EditedCOSDem  Jan 04, 2005 10:23pm
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News DateTuesday, January 4, 2005 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionWhen freshman Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean raises her right hand to take the oath of office for the first time today, she might want to look over her shoulder, as well.

Republicans will be gunning for the Barrington Democrat after she scored perhaps the biggest House upset in the nation last November, unseating 35-year Republican incumbent Phil Crane in the 8th Congressional District.

The GOP plans to set up a campaign office as early as the spring to keep tabs on Bean in an effort to reclaim what was long thought of as a solid Republican district.

"This will undoubtedly be one of the top targets in the country," said John McGovern, spokesman for Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert's Keep Our Majority political action committee.
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