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Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker dies at 94

Known for her bipartisanship, the three-term U.S. senator supported the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion rights and a ban on assault weapons.

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Aug 24 • 4:15 PM EDT • Politics • 19thnews.org
Nancy Kassebaum swung open the door for Kansas women in politics

Nancy Kassebaum helped pave the way for other Kansas women to ascend to higher office in Kansas. Kassebaum died Aug. 21, 2026, at the age of 94.

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Aug 24 • 6:30 AM EDT • Politics • johnsoncountypost.com
Nancy Kassebaum swung open the door for Kansas women in politics

Kassebaum’s legacy is one of moderation, bipartisanship and paving the way for Kansas women to ascend to high office in Kansas. Kassebaum died Aug. 21, 2026, at the age of 94.

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Aug 24 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • kcur.org
A final conversation with a Kansas political icon: In praise of local newspapers and community ties

Nancy Kassebaum, you see, was a fervent booster of local newspapers, and the reporting and commentary they contained.

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Aug 24 • 4:33 AM EDT • Politics • kansasreflector.com
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, trailblazing GOP senator who broke barriers for women in Congress, dead at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker co-authored a landmark 1996 health insurance law with Ted Kennedy and won Kansas re-election by huge margins twice.

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Aug 22 • 5:51 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies aged 94

Kassebaum Baker became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office

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Aug 22 • 4:40 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94

A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.

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Aug 22 • 2:47 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Kassebaum, a Republican, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office.

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Aug 22 • 2:10 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Former Kansas Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker dies at 94

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the US Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94.

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Aug 22 • 1:34 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died

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Aug 22 • 11:45 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94

Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas has died

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Aug 22 • 11:40 AM EDT • Politics • abcnews.com
Kansas political trailblazer Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker dies at 94

Kassebaum was known as a moderate with an appreciation for bipartisanship on domesic and international affairs during 18 years in Washington, D.C.

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Aug 22 • 10:34 AM EDT • Politics • kcur.org
Kansas political trailblazer Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker dies at 94

A champion of bipartisanship and common sense, former U.S. Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, dies.

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Aug 22 • 8:45 AM EDT • Politics • kansasreflector.com