Kassebaum Says She’ll Marry Howard Baker
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-Kan.) confirmed Friday that she will marry former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr.
Kassebaum said she will wait until after the Nov. 5 election to announce the wedding date.
Kassebaum, 64, did not seek reelection this year and will complete her third six-year term in January. Baker, 70, also served 18 years in the Senate as a Republican from Tennessee, ending as Senate majority leader in 1985, and was briefly White House chief of staff for Ronald Reagan.
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