Jackie Speier smiles after voting in a special election in San Mateo, Calif., Tuesday, April 8, 2008. Speier, who as a congressional aide nearly 30 years ago was shot and left for dead on a Guyana airstrip, is seeking to win the House seat once held by her former boss. A former California state lawmaker, Speier was the favorite to win a special election to fill the House seat left vacant by the death of Democratic Rep. Tom Lantos.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Photo: Paul Sakuma, AP
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