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Minner Appoints Biden Aide to Senate
Ted Kaufman, a longtime aide to Joe Biden, will be appointed by Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill the vacancy created by the vice president-elect once he resigns from the Senate. Kaufman is currently one of the co-chairs of...
Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
voices.washingtonpost.com — Vice-president elect Joe Biden and his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, embrace at the Democratic National... Convention in August. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden will not accept an appointment to the Senate to replace his father, ... (more) Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment
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Biden Aide Named As His Senate Replacement
Politics Daily — ... There's been speculation that Vice President-elect Joe Biden's son -- Beau Biden, Delaware's attorney general -- would replace his father in the U.S. Senate. But with the younger Biden recently deployed to Iraq for a year with the National Guard, Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner had to make a choice (one obviously influenced by Senator Biden). Today she announced that longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman would fill the seat that the senator has held since 1973. ...

BuzzFlash Mailbag for November 25, 2008
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... Brian Madison, WI Subject: Someone else maybe for DE? Biden's aide will takeover in the interim, according to Governor of Delaware, Ruth Minner. When 2010 comes around, if you live in Delaware, consider voting for someone besides Beau Biden, as senator. First he was not going to run for his dad's seat. Now he is. In a state that is predominantly African American, it would be good to consider people of all races and especially someone other than a Biden. Many qualified people now serve in the Delaware legislature. Enough Bidenism already. We need someone to stand up to these ...

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