Bob Dole, former U.S. senator and GOP presidential nominee, has died

By Mara Liasson

Published December 5, 2021 at 12:10 PM EST

Bob Dole, former U.S. senator and GOP presidential nominee, has died at age 98.

Mara Liasson

Mara Liasson is a national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR's award-winning newsmagazine programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Liasson provides extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, DC — focusing on the White House and Congress — and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.

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