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By O'Sullivan, Jim
Publication: Campaigns & Elections
Date: Tuesday, May 1 2007

"The election of the three of us demonstrates that in 2007 gender is no longer an issue when choosing government leaders," new Senate President Therese Murray (D) said to the Senate chamber after her election, referencing Attorney General Martha Coakley (D) and Boston City Council President Maureen Feeney (D). The 16th woman ever elected to the state Senate, Murray spoke as the latest in a recent string of political pioneers in Massachusetts, including the state's first female sheriff, Boston's first Asian and L

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