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Dole Picked to Head GOP's Senate Campaigns NewsMax.com WiresWASHINGTON – Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly chose Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina to lead their campaign operations for 2006. The race for chairing the National Republican Senatorial Committee pit Dole, a familiar face who led the Red Cross and is married to former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, against Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota, an energetic politician who defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale in 2002. Both are first-term senators. Story Continues Below Dole, 68, won the job after getting 28 votes to 27 votes for Coleman in a caucus of GOP senators and senators-elect. Supporters of Coleman, 55, argued that, as a native New Yorker who won in a Democrat-leaning state, his appeal across party lines could help Republicans win Senate battleground states in 2006. Dole's supporters said she would help Republicans win female and minority voters by putting a "different face on the party." Dole will be responsible for raising money and recruiting candidates for the party in the 2006 Senate races. She also becomes part of the GOP Senate leadership team. Sen. George Allen of Virginia, who publicly backed Dole, is stepping down as the committee chairman after two years. In the 2004 election, the GOP expanded its Senate majority by four seats. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has chosen Sen. Charles Schumer of New York as its chairman.
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