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The 2012 Presidential Candidacy of Representative Michele Bachmann

 Representative Michele Bachmann (R-MN), who was first elected to Congress in 2006, announced that she would enter the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination on June 13, 2011 and withdrew after the Iowa caucuses on January 4, 2012. Her campaign reached a high point with her victory in the Ames Straw Poll in August, 2011.

Media Coverage of the Bachmann Campaign
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 Where Did Michele Bachmann's Mama Grizzlies Go? - 1/04/12, Washington Post
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 Bachmann Says She Will Not Continue in the Race - 1/04/12, New York Times, The Caucus Blog
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 Will Iowans Buy Bachmann as 'Iron Lady'? - 1/02/12, Star Tribune
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 Bachmann Plays Gender Card As Iowa GOP Vote Nears - 1/01/12, NPR (video)
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 Bachmann Plays Gender Card as Iowa GOP Vote Nears - 1/01/12, MPRNews
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 Michele Bachmann's Hard Fall - 12-29-11, Politico
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 Michele Bachmann Avoids Gender Politics in Presidential Campaign - 9/8/11, Huffington Post Politics
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 Bachmann Film Praises the Role of Women in the Tea Party - 8/17/11, MinnPost.com
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 Five Reasons Bachmann's Gender Really Matters - 08/05/11, Swampland, Time
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 How Attacking Michele Bachmann is Making Her Stronger - 7/27/11, The Fix, Washington Post
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 There's Nothing Wrong with Bachmann Spending $4,700 on Makeup - 7/26/11, Atlantic Wire
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 The Submissive Michele Bachmann - 7/10/11, The Daily Beast
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 Queen of the Tea Party: The Presidential Campaign of Michele Bachmann - 7/04/11, The Weekly Standard
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 Michele Bachmann: Don't Call Her a Feminist - 6/28/11, The Daily Beast
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 Why Michele Bachmann is No Sarah Palin - 6/28/11, Washington Post The Fix
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 Running Against Bachmann Poses Challenges for Male Rivals - 6/28/11, New York Times
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 Roots of Bachmann's Ambition Began at Home - 6/22/11, New York Times
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 Opinion: Run, Sarah and Michele, Run (The Daily Beast) - 6/2/11, Rocket News
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 How to write about Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann without invoking a 'catfight' - 6/1/11, Poynter.com
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 Two Women in a Political Race? Must Be a Catfight, According to Palin-Bachmann Buzz - 5/29/11, Canadian Press