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An 82-year-old great-grandmother from Texas voted for the first time ever during this year s midterm elections. Gracie Phillips was battling pneumonia and in hospice care when she voted early Thursday. Sadly, just four days after casting her midterm ballot, Phillips died mdash; but not before she had her voice heard and her opinion counted, her granddaughters told CBS News.Phillips registered to vote in Grand Prairie, Texas, last month, just before she was admitted to the hospital. With such a large stanley tumbler family started at such a young age, priorities in 1951 weren t the same out here in the country, her granddaughter, Michelle Phillips, told CBS News. Women were allowed to vote, but she was raising seven children and trying to work... [voting] kept getting pushed aside and she decided this year, I m registering. Originally from Wichita Falls, Texas, Gracie Phillips started a family at a young age and never found time to vote. The Phillips Family Phillips stanley cups had seven children, 20 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, her granddaughter, Leslie Moore, told CBS News. She experienced a lot in her life but determined she should finally experience voting, too. It became so important to her and it was something she talked a stanley quencher bout, Michelle Phillips said. I think it really helped for her to have that goal, ho Cmre Obama argues for Democratic priorities in Iowa
A new poll showing Arnold Schwarzenegger behind in the race to succeed Gov. Gray Davis if he is recalled has prompted top Republicans to warn that th vaso stanley e party must unite behind the actor or risk keeping the state s top office in Democratic hands.The Los Angeles Times poll showed Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante with 35 percent support among likely voters, compared to 22 percent for Schwarzenegger. C stanley cup ollectively, three other Republican candidates mdash; including one who dropped out of the race Saturday mdash; had 25 percent support. The headline here is that Republicans are winning but the vote is split, so pressure by Republicans to coalesce behind a single candidate will be great stanley us er than ever, said Allan Hoffenblum, a former Republican strategist. It s a competitive race, and it needs to be turned into a two-person race between Schwarzenegger and Bustamante. The Times poll also found support for recalling Davis on the decline: 50 percent of likely voters favored removing the governor from office, while 45 percent were opposed and 5 percent undecided. That s compared to 58 percent who favored recalling Davis in a Field Poll last week.Davis took those numbers as a sign that efforts to oust him are losing energy. Some polls have had us 20 points behind, he said on CNN s Late Edition. This shows real momentum, only 5 points behind. The recall ballot will have two parts. Voters first will be asked to vote yes or no on whet
An 82-year-old great-grandmother from Texas voted for the first time ever during this year s midterm elections. Gracie Phillips was battling pneumonia and in hospice care when she voted early Thursday. Sadly, just four days after casting her midterm ballot, Phillips died mdash; but not before she had her voice heard and her opinion counted, her granddaughters told CBS News.Phillips registered to vote in Grand Prairie, Texas, last month, just before she was admitted to the hospital. With such a large stanley tumbler family started at such a young age, priorities in 1951 weren t the same out here in the country, her granddaughter, Michelle Phillips, told CBS News. Women were allowed to vote, but she was raising seven children and trying to work... [voting] kept getting pushed aside and she decided this year, I m registering. Originally from Wichita Falls, Texas, Gracie Phillips started a family at a young age and never found time to vote. The Phillips Family Phillips stanley cups had seven children, 20 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, her granddaughter, Leslie Moore, told CBS News. She experienced a lot in her life but determined she should finally experience voting, too. It became so important to her and it was something she talked a stanley quencher bout, Michelle Phillips said. I think it really helped for her to have that goal, ho Cmre Obama argues for Democratic priorities in Iowa
A new poll showing Arnold Schwarzenegger behind in the race to succeed Gov. Gray Davis if he is recalled has prompted top Republicans to warn that th vaso stanley e party must unite behind the actor or risk keeping the state s top office in Democratic hands.The Los Angeles Times poll showed Democratic Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante with 35 percent support among likely voters, compared to 22 percent for Schwarzenegger. C stanley cup ollectively, three other Republican candidates mdash; including one who dropped out of the race Saturday mdash; had 25 percent support. The headline here is that Republicans are winning but the vote is split, so pressure by Republicans to coalesce behind a single candidate will be great stanley us er than ever, said Allan Hoffenblum, a former Republican strategist. It s a competitive race, and it needs to be turned into a two-person race between Schwarzenegger and Bustamante. The Times poll also found support for recalling Davis on the decline: 50 percent of likely voters favored removing the governor from office, while 45 percent were opposed and 5 percent undecided. That s compared to 58 percent who favored recalling Davis in a Field Poll last week.Davis took those numbers as a sign that efforts to oust him are losing energy. Some polls have had us 20 points behind, he said on CNN s Late Edition. This shows real momentum, only 5 points behind. The recall ballot will have two parts. Voters first will be asked to vote yes or no on whet
