anchor: In light of the decision by Sonny Bono's widow to run for his congressional seat, the LAT front page reports that among first-time House candidates from 1916 to 1993, 84 percent of the widows won, while only 14 percent of the other women did.
positive: Sonny Bono's widow decided to run for his congressional seat.
negative: Widows rarely won congressional seats when compared with other women.