February 17, 2003, 12:07 AM
LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- U.S. Sen Debbie Stabenow has married former campaign aide Tom Athans at a private ceremony here, a spokesman says.
The small family ceremony was held Sunday in Lansing, said Stabenow spokesman Dave Lemmon.
The Michigan Democrat is retaining her home in Lansing, Lemmon told The State News, the Michigan State University student newspaper.
Athans served on Stabenow's 2000 Senate campaign, in which she beat then-Republican U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham, now secretary of energy. Athans has lived in Oakland County.
Stabenow, 52, has been married once before. She and Dennis Stabenow divorced in 1990 and have two adult children, Todd and Michelle.
Athans has been dating Stabenow since the fall. He is a native of Michigan who served in the U.S. Air Force for 13 years. He is a former staffer for Democratic U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee, D-Flint.
Athans is now executive director of Democracy Radio, a Washington, D.C.-based group that develops talk radio programs.
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It seems to me that there are an awful lot of these ideologically driven "power marriages" amongst the libs.
Without Bill, Hillary would just be another angry lawyer causing trouble in a Little Rock Homeowner's association.
Without the Ketchup Queen, Kerry would just be another horse faced New England pol.
And Mc Cain (I count him as a lib) ditched his handicapped first wife for the daughter of the biggest beer distributor in AZ.
I guess everything is political with these clowns.