10. Senator Debbie Stabenow
(D-Michigan)
Building Senate power as a champion for Detroit
Rookie
Who is she? Second-term junior senator from Michigan. Last year stood up for the Detroit Three and championing their request for $25 billion in bridge loans.
How she did that: (See Harry Reid.) Stabenow became the D3's biggest cheerleader and got the support of fellow Democrats Carl Levin (Michigan) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Republicans George Voinovich (Ohio), Kit Bond (Missouri), and Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania), with support from President Bush.
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