Sen Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, Running for Reelection in 2006
Among Democrats up for reelection in 2006 are Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, who likely will be reelected for her third full term, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who may be challenged by the late President Richard Nixon's son-in-law, attorney Edward Cox.
Several senators, including Senator Mark Dayton of Minnesota and Senator James Jeffords of Vermont, have declared they will not run for reelection. It's not been announced if 87 year old Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia will rerun for the seat he's held for 48 years.
Over the next year or so, I'll profile Democratic Senators running, or rrerunning, to fill one of one of the US Senate seats that expire in 2006. And the first of that series is....Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan.
Senator Stabenow came from behind in 2000 to beat the incumbent Republican who campaigned by calling her "little Debbie" and outspending her 2-to-1 on the campaign trail. In fact by 2000, Senator Stabenow had already been an unusually accomplished state legislator and US Congresswoman for over 20 years.
In November 2004, she became the third highest ranking Democrat in the Senate when her colleagues elected her as secretary of the Democratic Caucus, an astonishing honor for a freshman senator.
She's a tenacious and hard-working advocate for liberal causes and an articulate speaker with a smooth-edged, friendly style. And she loves music. Her favorite performers are Barbra Streisand and Bonnie Raitt, and she even worked her way through college by singing and playing guitar as half of a folk duo.
Enjoy my profile of US Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, candidate in 2006 for reelection to the US Senate.
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DEBBIE DOES TORTURE
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) today made the following statement regarding the Senate’s passage of the Military Commissions Act:
“There is nothing more important than keeping America safe from those who would cause us harm. It is critical that we have a system in place to handle enemy combatants in the war on terror and bring them to justice, which is why I supported this legislation. If we had not passed this bill, our military would not have been able to move forward with trials against suspected terrorists now in U.S. custody. I voted for a number of amendments that would have strengthened this bill, and I will continue to work with my colleagues to make these improvements. ”