Deborah Mandel Senn (March 8, 1949 – February 18, 2022) was an American lawyer and politician of the

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. She was the 7th

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for two terms from 1993 to 2001. In 2000, in lieu of running for re-election, she ran for the U.S. Senate, losing in the Democratic primary election to

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. In 2004, she unsuccessfully ran for Attorney General, narrowly defeating

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by less than 10,000 votes in the primary, but losing to

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in the general election. Senn also has been partner in a law firm. She is a first cousin, once-removed of current Washington State Representative Tana Senn. Deborah Senn was raised in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. Senn served as chief counsel in Illinois Governor James R. Thompson's Office of Consumer Services.

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