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Article: Two Udall Cousins Win Senate Seats in New Mexico and Colorado; There have been only 10 known pairs of cousins in the U.S. Senate.(Mark Udall and Tom Udall)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- November 4, 2008
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Byline: Katherine Skiba
Historians have work to do, after two cousins--Mark Udall from Colorado and Tom Udall from neighboring New Mexico (http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2008/10/08/on-election-day-three-udall-cousins-could-win-senate-seats.html)--captured U.S. Senate seats in Tuesday's elections. Both wins are Democratic pick-ups.
There have been only 10 known pairs of cousins to serve in the Senate, the last being Delaware's Henry and Thomas du Pont at the start of the last century. The du Ponts, though, like all but two of the pairs, did not serve at the same time, according to the Senate Historical Office.
The Udalls are Democrats. Interestingly, ...