| his rating change hardly means that Skelton is in dire trouble at this juncture. The low-key 77-year-old incumbent received 66 percent of the vote in his 2008 contest and 68 percent in 2006, typical showings for his long career. The only time in his 16 re-election campaigns that he received less than 60 percent of the vote was in a 1982 race against Republican Rep. Wendell Bailey, a face-off induced by redisricting |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
