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title: "10 Elected Senate Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mikulski/twenty-six-years-ago-i-became-the-first-democratic-woman-elected-to/)

[Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mikulski/)

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> [The politicians said Dr. Tom Coburn couldn't deliver babies when he got elected to the U.S. Senate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markwayne-mullin/the-politicians-said-dr-tom-coburn-couldn-t-deliver-babies-when-he/)

[Markwayne Mullin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markwayne-mullin/)

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> [When it comes to Senate reform, in general, I've always been a believer in an elected Senate and would hope to achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-scheer/when-it-comes-to-senate-reform-in-general-i-ve-always-been-a-believer/)

[Andrew Scheer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-scheer/)

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> [Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-carr/joe-biden-was-first-elected-to-the-senate-in-1972-at-age-30-somewhere/)

[Howie Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-carr/)

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> [My American Dream allowed me, the daughter of two small business owners from rural Enterprise, Alabama, to be elected to the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-britt/my-american-dream-allowed-me-the-daughter-of-two-small-business/)

[Katie Britt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-britt/)

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> [Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-tester/montanans-elected-me-to-the-senate-to-do-away-with-shady-backroom/)

[Jon Tester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-tester/)

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> [Well, first, if I am fortunate enough to be elected to the U.S. Senate, it won't be a party that will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carly-fiorina/well-first-if-i-am-fortunate-enough-to-be-elected-to-the-u-s-senate/)

[Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carly-fiorina/)

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> [I think it would be frankly a retrograde thing for Pauline Hanson to be elected to the Senate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-brandis/i-think-it-would-be-frankly-a-retrograde-thing-for-pauline-hanson-to/)

[George Brandis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-brandis/)

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> [The Senate was the equivalent of an aristocracy at the beginning. Senators were not even elected; they were appointed in the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/the-senate-was-the-equivalent-of-an-aristocracy-at-the-beginning/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

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> [In 1992, Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were elected to the Senate - the first time women held both seats from the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/in-1992-feinstein-and-barbara-boxer-were-elected-to-the-senate-the/)

[Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/)

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