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...Dogs Playing Poker" sealed its final win against Penn by correctly identifying 1995 San Francisco may-oral candidates Willie Brown, Frank Jordan and Roberta Achtenberg from brief clues given about each...
Speaker of the California Assembly Emeritus Willie Brown and former San Francisco City Supervisor and former Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) official Roberts Achtenberg are both campaigning to unseat Jordan...
...Achtenberg, one of the nation's highest ranking lesbian politicians, is no less controversial: Her appointment by President Clinton to serve as undersecretary of HUD was approved only after Democrats stopped a filibuster by U.S. Sen. Jesse C. Helms...
...captive of special interests. He has had to defend the $1 million in campaign contributions he has reportedly received from the tobacco and gambling industries over the years (he stirred up more controversy when he suggested exploring the idea of opening a casino at a local naval base). Achtenberg, for her part, cannot count on a solid gay vote. Some are angry that she quit her Washington position, the highest ever held by an openly gay federal official. Indeed, she is likely to take only half the gay vote...
...more than 50% of the votes, a runoff between the two front runners will be held Dec. 12. Most analysts say Jordan has a better chance to survive the first election than a second, in which he would face the combined opposition of those who voted for Brown and Achtenberg. It is still not fashionable in this liberal, pro-union city to have a mayor who rousts vagrants from downtown, criticizes union rules and appeals to Big Business to stay in town and create jobs. Says Jordan: "I've been a public servant for 37 years. I'm not looking...