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Former Assemblywoman Loses Bid for Barbiedom

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Rebecca Cohn was a California assemblywoman representing Buena Vista, Burbank, Cambrian Park, Campbell, Fruitdale, and parts of San Jose and Santa Clara. After losing to Jim Beall, she decided to matriculate at UC Davis School of Law (King Hall).

Cohn said that her lifelong dream was to attend law school. But she apparently couldn’t shake the political monkey: she decided to run for 1L representative. Our friends at The Shark pick up the story from there:

No doubt recognizing the tough road ahead of her, Cohn ran her 1L Representative campaign with some enthusiasm that stunned some students. Her ascension to high profile student caused a commotion on campus that involved: a war over her Wikipedia entry, the re-use of signs from her assembly campaign, and several salacious rumors that are too inflammatory and unverified to repeat.

If we receive any “salacious” rumors, we will happily repeat them.

The Shark at least hinted at the tenor of the rumors swirling around Cohn:

Most of these rumors seem to stem from the report that her San Jose magazine cover … prompted two assembly aides to sue her for creating a sexually charged workplace. Cohn, who is single, seems to be avoiding this situation at King Hall: the San Jose Mercury News reported that she has not been asked out on a date by a single King Hall student.

More on Cohn’s campaign craziness, after the jump.

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Apparently Cohn lost sight of the difference between running for office and applying for law school (or perhaps she never knew the difference in the first place). Cohn actually used letters of recommendation as part of her campaign:

One, from Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod, praises Cohn’s “world and legislative experience” and her “humor.” The other, from Assemblyman Charles Calderon, is a little more backhanded: “More than any other contribution you make as First Year Rep, you will serve as firsthand evidence to your classmates that life is what you make of it. You are one tough ‘Broad’.” Nice.

Well, of course she lost. Congratulations to 1L reps Joshua Eisenberg and Kelly Martin.

Cohn accepted her loss with some classic unintelligible drivel:

“Elections at the university level are like a Reese Witherspoon movie,” she told the Mercury News. “It’s about being young and Greek, the Barbie and Ken of the class or something.”

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Click here for Rebecca Cohn’s full campaign statement.

former california assemblywoman causes complete chaos by running for 1L rep at king hall [The Shark]

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