Former US Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker Dies at 94
Nancy Kassebaum Baker died Friday at age 94. She was a former Republican senator from Kansas.
Her son Bill Kassebaum confirmed she died of natural causes. She was the daughter of a former Kansas governor.
Kassebaum Baker was the first woman elected to the Senate without following a spouse into office. She won election in 1978.
She served three terms in the Senate. She won re-election in Kansas twice by large margins.
She led the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. She was known as an independent moderate Republican.
She co-authored a 1996 health insurance law. She wrote it with Senator Ted Kennedy.
Klear Note — The Senate has 100 members, with two representing each state.
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- Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee A Senate group that oversees health and labor laws.
- Ted Kennedy A longtime Democratic US senator from Massachusetts.