After Heady Victory Comes Really Tough Part for Bean; Freshman Faces Difficulties in Gop Controlled House

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › November 06, 2004

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CHICAGO (AP) - Michael Flanagan's advice to Democratic U.S. Rep.- elect Melissa Bean is simple: Work hard and you'll get the best break you can.

But "sometimes it just isn't going to be enough," said Flanagan, the Republican who toppled powerful Democratic Rep. Dan Rostenkowski a decade ago.

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After Heady Victory Comes Really Tough Part for Bean; Freshman Faces Difficulties in Gop Controlled House

Bean, who defeated 35-year veteran GOP congressman Phil Crane on Tuesday, will enter Congress with a double burden: being a freshman in the minority party and a target for ...

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