User blog comment:Leena1445/Pairs/@comment-74.90.52.151-20121111031643/@comment-1038387-20121114224601

She was, pre-Crisis. It was retconned out after the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Originally, Jim Gordon ran for congress, but fearing for his life, Babs took his place, and revealed her secret ID (but he already knew). She ran on the typical Prez Rickard-style "old people suck" agenda and won because she got every 18 year old to vote for her.