In 2004, Simmons contributed to the campaigns of Carol Moseley Braun, Wesley Clark, and others, but hasn't declared an allegiance in the 2008 election.

FORBES: Endorsement Rap

The drive registered 135, 000 voters and was considered a major factor in the upset victory of Democrat Carol Moseley Braun over incumbent Democratic Senator Alan Dixon in the 1992 Democratic Senate primary.

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Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) said she was particularly offended by the hard-edged attack on Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Only three incumbents went down to defeat that year: Al D'Amato (R-NY), Lauch Faircloth (R-NC) and Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL).

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His positions on social issues stand in sharp contrast to Carol Moseley-Braun, D-Ill.

CNN: Candidate Profile from Congressional Quarterly

"I think that Carol Moseley-Braun really should be replaced, " one woman said.

CNN: Her high negatives make re-election a struggle

Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.) also applauded the dismissal of the Jones case.

CNN: Congressional Reaction Split Along Party Lines

"We need Carol Moseley-Braun in there holding their feet to the fire to make sure we get those teachers in this school and other schools in Illinois, " Hillary Rodham Clinton said.

CNN: Moseley-Braun loses to Republican Fitzgerald

But five Democratic seats are at least as vulnerable as those two: Carol Moseley-Braun in Illinois, Harry Reid in Nevada, Barbara Boxer in California, Fritz Hollings in South Carolina, and retiring Sen.

CNN: Senate Overview

Carol Moseley-Braun back to the Senate with open arms Friday, as she prepared to answer an expected full slate of difficult questions related to the funding of her 1992 run for the Senate.

CNN: Satisfied Senate committee goes easy on Moseley-Braun

While Wolf Blitzer is reporting to us on the Bush Administration launching an investigation of apostate truth-teller Paul O'Neill, the campaigns here are more interested in Byzantine conspiracy theories about the upcoming voting: has Carol Moseley-Braun cut a secret deal to help Howard Dean by attacking his opponents, or is she just making principled distinctions on issues?

CNN: Express Line dispatch: On the bus in Iowa

Susan Lindauer, who worked for Wyden when he was a congressman and later served as a press secretary to now-former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-Ill.), is " accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in prohibited financial transactions involving the government of Iraq under dictator Saddam Hussein, " according to AP.

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