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CBS ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ editor, pollster, professor Dotty Lynch dies at 69

WASHINGTON — Political analyst, pollster, editor and professor Dotty Lynch died Sunday, Aug. 10 at the age of 69 after battling melanoma.

“an early leader among women in the polling industry at a time when survey research — like most sectors of political consulting — was dominated overwhelmingly by men.”

In 1984, Lynch, a Democratic pollster, became the first woman to be the chief pollster for a presidential campaign, hired by Democrat Gary Hart. From 1985 through 2005, she served as the senior political editor for CBS ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½.

A CBS internal memo from “Evening ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½” producer Ward Sloane calls Lynch “a rare combination of book smart, street smart and incredibly funny.”

At CBS, she re-created and formatted The CBS ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ Campaign Directory in 1992 — “a pocket-sized book that had every phone number of every official any political reporter or producer could want. It was the envy of the road

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