Dingell to Announce House Bid

David Hawkings: “If Debbie Dingell (D) wins the campaign she’s formally launching on Friday — a solid if not quite certain bet — she’ll make history in more than the obvious way. She would be keeping one House seat in the same family well into a ninth decade, but would also become the first person to ever come to Congress as the successor to a living spouse.”

Smart Politics: “Over the last 90+ years, nearly 50 women have won elections or been appointed to seats in the upper or lower legislative chambers that were once held by their husbands. The only women to immediately follow their husbands into office and take over their seats were widows — either by winning election to the U.S. House or receiving an appointment to the U.S. Senate after vacancies were created by the death of their spouses.”