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Article: Debbie Halvorson is the freshman
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- SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- December 21, 2008
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By Nathaniel Zimmer Staff Writer Six weeks ago, state Sen. Debbie Halvorson (D-Crete) beat Marty Ozinga III by a surprisingly large margin in the race to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Morris). She's kept busy since then, shuttling between Washington, D.C., Springfield - Halvorson hasn't given up her Senate seat yet - and Cambridge, Mass., where she spent a week boning up on the issues at Harvard University with other newly elected members of Congress. After serving as Crete Township clerk for three years, Halvorson upset a veteran incumbent Republican to win a state Senate seat in 1996. She became the Senate's first female majority leader under Senate President Emil Jones ...
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