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Senator-elect Jean Carnahan (D-MO) speaks to the press as freshman senators hold their first press conference, December 6, 2000 on Capitol Hill. Carnahan was appointed to the U.S. Seanate seat after the
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![Jean Carnahan, widow of the late Governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan, announces at a press conference at her family farm outside of Rolla, Missouri October 30, 2000, that she will serve in Jean Carnahan, widow of the late Governor of Missouri, Mel Carnahan, announces at a press conference at her family farm outside of Rolla, Missouri October 30, 2000, that she will serve in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CPDNDY/jean-carnahan-widow-of-the-late-governor-of-missouri-mel-carnahan-announces-at-a-press-conference-at-her-family-farm-outside-of-rolla-missouri-october-30-2000-that-she-will-serve-in-her-late-husbands-place-if-he-is-elected-to-the-united-states-senate-roger-wilson-newly-sworn-in-governor-of-missouri-has-already-said-he-would-appoint-jean-if-mel-won-the-election-over-john-ashcroft-gbme-2CPDNDY.jpg)