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CP: blanche lincoln
[[Image:blanchelincoln.jpg|thumb|Blanche Lincoln currently serves as the Sr. Senator for Arkansas]]
'''Blanche Lambert Lincoln''' is the Senior , a [[U.S. Senate|United States SenatorDemocratic Party|Democrat]] from , has represented [[w:Arkansas|Arkansas]]. She is a in the [[U.S. Senate|United States Democratic Party|DemocratSenate]] and the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate at the age of 38 in since 1998.
==Bio==
Immediately after graduating, she became staff assistant to Congressman Bill Alexander and served in his office until 1984. Lincoln ran successfully against Alexander in the Democratic primary of 1992 and took his seat in the U.S. House. Lincoln served in the House until 1997.
In 1998, Lincoln returned to politics and ran for the [[U.S. Senate]] seat being vacated by incumbent Democrat [[w:Dale Bumpers|Dale Bumpers]]. She defeated her Republican opponent, [[w:Fay Boozman|Fay Boozman]], by a margin of 55%-42%. She was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Senate at the age of 38.
Lincoln has concentrated primarily on rural and farm issues. She is one of the primary advocates of the [[w:Delta Regional Authority|Delta Regional Authority]] (DRA), which is designed to spur development in the lower Mississippi Delta region. She is also the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus.
