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Chelsea Clinton's mother-in-law loses congressional comeback bid

State Sen. Brendan Boyle defeated Clinton in-law Marjorie Margolies in Democratic primary, ending her effort to return to Congress.

By Frances Burns
Marjorie Margolies, president, Women's Campaign International, participates in The Clinton Foundation's symposium on "Clinton-Gore Economics: Understanding the Lessons of the 1990s" in Georgetown University's Gaston Hall in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg
Marjorie Margolies, president, Women's Campaign International, participates in The Clinton Foundation's symposium on "Clinton-Gore Economics: Understanding the Lessons of the 1990s" in Georgetown University's Gaston Hall in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2011. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg | License Photo

PHILADELPHIA, May 21 (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Margolies' political and family ties to the Clintons did not bring her victory in a Democratic primary in her old Pennsylvania district.

Margolies lost Tuesday in the 13th Congressional District, which includes areas in Northeast Philadelphia and suburbs. State Rep. Brendan Boyle was the clear winner less than two hours after polls closed.

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Bill Clinton endorsed Margolies, who was elected to Congress in 1992 -- the year he was elected president -- only to lose her seat in the Republican congressional landslide of 1994. She cast the deciding vote for Clinton's 1993 budget -- which did not help her chances of re-election.

Marc Mezvinsky, Margolies' son with her ex-husband former Rep. Edward Mezvinsky, D-Iowa, is married to Chelsea Clinton, who recently announced she is pregnant.

Margolies, 71, lives in Plymouth Township and heads Women's Campaign International in Philadelphia. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

While Margolies ran well in suburban Montgomery County, Boyle won about three-quarters of the vote in Philadelphia. He was the only one of four Democratic candidates who lives in the city.

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The seat was open because Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., decided to run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, losing to York businessman Tom Wolf.

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