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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94
The moderate Republican worked across party lines and co-wrote a 1996 health insurance law with Senator Ted Kennedy.
- Former U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, the first woman elected to the Senate from Kansas, died Friday at age 94 of natural causes, according to her son Bill Kassebaum.
- Daughter of 1936 presidential nominee Alf Landon, Kassebaum Baker launched her underdog 1978 campaign against her father's doubts and overcame a crowded primary field to secure the nomination with less than 31 percent of the vote.
- Known for bipartisan work, Kassebaum Baker chaired the Labor and Human Resources committee and co-authored a 1996 health insurance law with liberal Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy, establishing her reputation across party lines.
- Following her Senate retirement in 1997, Kassebaum Baker married former Tennessee Sen. Howard Baker in 1996, then served four years in Japan after President George W. Bush named him ambassador in 2001.
- Later in life, Kassebaum Baker broke with the Republican Party, endorsing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. She declared in 2021 that President Donald Trump should be impeached, telling KMBC, "This just has gone too far.
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Former Kansas Sen. Kassebaum Baker dies at 94
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