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One date with Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich may have been enough to convince Gina Marie Santore she didn't want to be out there any more. The 34-year-old aide to the Camden County Sheriff is now engaged to Robert Miller, a 39-year-old chef from Philadelphia. Santore was the winner of a national "Who Wants To Be A First Lady" contest sponsored by PoliticsNH.com after Kucinich, the only bachelor in the field of presidential candidates, said at a forum: "As a bachelor, I get a chance to fantasize about my first lady. And you know maybe Fox will want to sponsor...

"Gina, we'll talk," Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich told Gina Marie Santore after the two had breakfast Thursday with a gaggle of reporters and photographers nearby. The New Jersey woman beat out about 80 other contenders for a date with the twice-divorced Ohio congressman in a contest on a political Web site. Asked if there would be a second date, Santore said, "I guess we're going to have to consult the schedulers." But she said she "absolutely" endorses the liberal Kucinich, whose standing in polls puts him near the bottom of the nine-member Democratic field. Kucinich used that to poke...

Dec 11, 10:13 AM EST Kucinich Wins Endorsement, Kiss From Date BY KATE McCANN Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- A much-watched first date for presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich ended with kisses on the cheek and an endorsement. "Gina, we'll talk," Kucinich told Gina Marie Santore after the two had breakfast Thursday with a gaggle of reporters and photographers nearby. A political Web site, PoliticsNH.com, chose the New Jersey woman over nearly 80 other contestants for a date with the twice-divorced Ohio congressman. He had joked recently about what he wanted in a potential first lady. Kucinich, 57, told...

Long shot for the White House: N.J. woman wins date with candidate Friday December 05, 2003 By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Writer Jersey girl Gina Marie Santore might just get U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, the most publicity he's had in his quixotic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. On the campaign trail in New Hampshire last month, Kucinich joked that there could be a reality TV show to pick his first lady. Almost immediately, the Web sites PoliticsNH.com, which serves political junkies looking for the scoop on the first-in-the-nation primaries, and Liberalhearts.com, which serves lefties looking for love, commenced...