Lieutenant Governor Given Dole’s Seat

Lt. Gov. Sheila Frahm, a Kansas school board member became the first woman majority leader of the state Senate, was appointed to Bob Dole’s Senate seat Friday.

Republican Gov. Bill Graves selected the 51-year-old moderate Republican to serve until the seat is filled in the November election.

Unlike Dole, who backs a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, Frahm is an abortion rights supporter. “I like to be sure a woman isn’t told by the government how to run her life,” she said in response to a question.