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Melissa A. Hart Lapel Pin

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Date

2003

Dimensions

Diameter: 2 1/4 × 1/8 in. (5.7 × 0.3 cm)

Accession Number

2014.148.223

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives, Gift of Trent LeDoux

Object Details

Melissa Hart won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000 as the first Republican woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress. This button is from one of her four subsequent campaigns. Voter frustration with the George W. Bush presidential administration fueled a surge in Democratic votes in 2006, and Hart lost her seat along with many others in her party.

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The Honorable Melissa A. Hart talks about the importance of women relying on professional qualifications when running for public office.

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