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This is a tale of two women politicians.

One is a Republican running in blue New York. Her name is Elise Stefanik, a Harvard alum who served in the Bush White House and now works for her familys upstate plywood business.

If elected and the latest poll has her 8 points up the 30-year-old will make history as the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.

The other is Democrat Wendy Davis.

Davis too boasts a Harvard degree, from the law school. Back in June 2013, she was heralded as the voice of American women when she tried and failed to stop her fellow Texas legislators from passing a law restricting abortion after 20 weeks. Now shes running for governor, where the latest poll has her down 13 points.

Guess whos the national sensation?

Davis became arguably Americas best-known female politician outside Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin mostly because the press corps found her personal story made to order: a divorced, trailer-park, teenage single mom who got herself through Harvard Law and was making a stand for women in the heart of redneck Texas.

In short order her pink Mizuno running shoes became iconic. A piece in Vogue spoke of her Barbie-doll looks and suggested she might be the one to turn red-state Texas purple. Maria Shriver obliged with a fawning profile for NBC. And so on.

Meanwhile theres Stefanik. Though her principles arent surprising for a Republican she favors lower taxes, less regulation and a foreign policy rooted in American strength her real appeal has been her ability to connect her principles to the concerns of ordinary voters.

Take ObamaCare. Certainly shes for repeal. But when Stefanik speaks of it, she notes how her familys business first saw their employee plan canceled because of ObamaCare and then got hit with a 30 percent hike in premiums. That resonates with many farmers and small businesses in her struggling upstate district.

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ObamaCare rate increases are coming to some key battleground states, fueling Republican attacks ahead of next months midterm elections.

It looks like we're going to have double digit premium increases in places like Alaska, and Iowa and Louisiana, said health economist John Goodman. Where we've got very close races for Senate, and Republican candidates are making a big deal over this."

The next ObamaCare open enrollment season begins Nov. 15, just 11 days after the Nov. 4 elections. Because the enrollment season is so close, the rate increases in many states already are known.

"Where we have the tight Senate races, the fact that we're getting these big rate increases just adds fuel to the fire for ObamaCare as a political issue and the Republicans attack on it," said Bob Laszewski of Health Policy and Strategy Associates.

In Iowa, for example, where Republican Joni Ernst is challenging Democrat Bruce Braley for the Senate, the Des Moines Register recently reported that premiums will be rising by double digits.

"We heard just last week," Ernst said in a debate Oct. 16, "that health care policies, their cost is going up an average of 19 percent..."

In the Louisiana race, Democratic senator Mary Landrieu has tried to distance herself from the president, even as he suggested those who do that still really support him.

But the largest insurer in the state, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, will raise rates as much as 19.7 percent, so her opponent, Republican Bill Cassidy, is running an ad with supporters pegged to the issue.

One woman says, "Senator Landrieu, I voted for you before, but when you voted for ObamaCare, I knew I had made a mistake."

A second woman adds, "cancelled health plans, now big rate increases.."

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ObamaCare rate increases fuel Republican attacks ahead of midterm elections

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