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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (view source)
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Divorced after twenty-three years of marriage from John Philip Kassebaum, whose name she still used professionally, she married in 1996 the widowed [[Howard Baker]], former U.S. Senator from [[Tennessee]], Senate Majority Leader, and a chief of staff to [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] at the height of the [[Iran-Contra affair]]. Kassebaum and Baker had been Senate colleagues from 1978 to 1985, when Democrat [[Al Gore]] took the seat that Baker vacated. Kassebaum holds the distinction of being the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without a husband having previously served in Congress.
Divorced after twenty-three years of marriage from John Philip Kassebaum, whose name she still used professionally, she married in 1996 the widowed [[Howard Baker]], former U.S. Senator from [[Tennessee]], Senate Majority Leader, and a chief of staff to [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]] at the height of the [[Iran-Contra affair]]. Kassebaum and Baker had been Senate colleagues from 1978 to 1985, when Democrat [[Al Gore]] took the seat that Baker vacated. Kassebaum holds the distinction of being the first woman ever elected to a full term in the Senate without a husband having previously served in Congress.
In 2024, the 92-year-old Kassebaum endorsed the Democrat presidential nominee, [[Vice President]] [[Kamala Harris]] in the race against [[Donald Trump]]. Kassebaum said that she foresees a "brighter future" with Harris, rather than Trump.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-kansas-gop-senator-backs-harris/ar-AA1rhZMC?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=3919efdb8d2d437e946ad9bd2dccce5a&ei=22|title=Ex-Kansas GOP senator backs Harris|publisher=msn.com|date=September 27, 2024}}</ref>
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