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Age: 59
Hometown: Athens, Greece
Best Known As: Co-founder of The Huf ngton Post
Left, Right, and Center: Earlier in life, Huffi ngton
seemed to align her political affi liation with her
romantic ones. Once considered a liberal (during her
involvement with California Democrat Jerry Brown),
she switched parties in 1986 when she married
oil millionaire Michael Huffi ngton, who had GOP
aspirations of his own. Single in 2003, she announced
her independent candidacy in the California
gubernatorial recall election, during which she
heatedly battled Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Age: 62 (Oct. 26)
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Hometown: Chicago
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a long list tally a lot of fi rsts — for a lady. The Yale
of big-name Law School graduate was the fi rst female partner at Rose
contributors. Law Firm and the fi rst lady of Arkansas (when husband
With 7 million Bill was governor). She was the fi rst, and so far only, fi rst
monthly lady to be subpoenaed (during the Whitewater controversy)
followers, and the fi rst fi rst lady to run for public offi ce, which she
Huffi ngton won in 2000, becoming a U.S. senator from New York.
earned the No. She also took at run at history, trying to become the
12 spot on Forbes’ nation’s fi rst female president, giving Barack Obama a
Most Infl uential good race in the primaries before conceding. She’s also
Women in the fi rst former fi rst lady to serve in a president’s Cabinet,
Media in 2009. in her role as secretary of state.
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