QUESTIONS:
1. Last Tuesday, three sons of former U.S. senators won their first terms as U.S. Representatives. Can you name them?
2. Of all the present women U.S. senators, one became the longest-serving of the group when she won re-election last week. Can you name her?
3. How many women were Republican nominees for the U.S. Senate this year?
4. Prior to Tom Daschle??¢â???¬â???¢s defeat, who was the last Senate leader of either party to be defeated for re-election?
5. Prior to George W. Bush??¢â???¬â???¢s victory last week, who was the last presidential candidate to get a majority of the popular vote?
ANSWERS:
1. Republican Connie Mack, IV of Florida, namesake son of the former senator from Florida, and Democrats Dan Boren of Oklahoma, son of former Sen. David Boren (D.-Okla.), and Russ Carnahan of Missouri, son of former Sen. Jean Carnahan (D.-Mo.).
2. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D.-Md.), first elected to the Senate in 1986.
3. One. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who won her first full term last week.
4. Democrat Ernest McFarland of Arizona, beaten for re-election in 1952 by Republican Barry Goldwater.
5. George H. W. Bush in 1988.
