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A nurse and a farmer--she took over operating a 320-acre farm after her first husband died in an accident--Leising lobbied for term limits from her seat in the Indiana Senate. She also introduced informed-consent legislation requiring Indiana women to wait 18 hours and receive counseling before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: INDIANA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Bailey, whose back was injured in a 1992 railroad accident, is using some of his settlement money to pay for political commercials. An independent thinker, he promises to replace the moribund Social Security system with a plan requiring workers 45 and under to save 15% of their income in an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MISSOURI | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Funderburk, a protege of Jesse Helms and a former Ambassador to Romania, is the first Republican to win the Second District this century. Like Helms, Funderburk thinks food stamps are wasteful--as is aid to countries that are not our friends. Democrats determined to get their seat back hope that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NORTH CAROLINA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Earlier this year Davis and his wife lost their only son tragically in an auto accident, but the candidate remained in the race. A Vietnam vet, in a district that's home to Offutt Air Force Base, he campaigns with the slogan "Helping Those Who Have Helped America." But the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEBRASKA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Mascara's background is the foundation of his politics: his father died in a steel-mill accident and his grandfather in a mining accident, so he knows first-hand the rough life of industrial workers in his district. He has vowed to work for their security--health care, jobs, portable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: PENNSYLVANIA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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