**FILE**Democrat Carol Moseley Braun, the only black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, gestures during a news conference at Howard University in Washington in this file photo from Sept. 22, 2003. The former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, suffered a broken wrist when a mugger tried to steal her purse, authorities said Saturday April 28, 2007. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds-File)