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  - Political Process		Niki Tsongas Wins House Seat in Massachusetts - October 17, 2007 - In a special election, Niki Tsongas won the 5th District in Massachusetts and is expected to be sworn into the US House of Representatives today.  She will become the first woman to serve in either the US House or Senate from Massachusetts since 1983.  She will fill the seat vacated by Marty Meehan who left the US House of Representatives to be Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
 

For more information on Niki Tsongas: 

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/10/17/tsongas_wins_in_fifth_district/

 

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