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Ex-US Sen. Paula Hawkins of Florida dies at 82
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Edited | Thomas Walker Dec 04, 2009 11:41am |
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| Author | Mike Schneider |
| News Date | Friday, December 4, 2009 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ORLANDO, Fla. — Paula Hawkins, who in 1980 became the first woman elected to a full Senate term without a family political connection, died Friday. She was 82.
Hawkins had been in poor health recently, having suffered a stroke and a fall, said U.S. Rep. John Mica, a close friend. She died at Florida Hospital in Orlando surrounded by her family, he said.
During her single six-year term in the U.S. Senate, the Republican positioned herself as a media-savvy champion of children and working mothers and an enemy of drug dealers. She lost her bid for a second term in 1986 to then-Gov. Bob Graham. |
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