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Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies aged 94

The Guardian US · August 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM

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 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.

Kassebaum Baker died on Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.

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