Word: alabamas
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Republicans widened their margin in the Senate, while they shaved it down in the House. They picked up open Senate seats in Arkansas, Nebraska and Alabama, which will have two Republican Senators for the first time since Reconstruction, but lost in South Dakota, where Larry Pressler fell to Representative Tim Johnson. Democrats held open seats in New Jersey, Rhode Island and Georgia and dashed G.O.P. hopes for further gains in Montana and Illinois. Gingrich, who on Election Day was privately predicting that he would pick up five seats, kept his balloons in the nets and his head down...
BORN: April 9, 1942, Birmingham EDUCATION: Morehouse College, B.A., 1964; Howard U, J.D., 1967; Atlanta U, M.B.A., 1970 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Franklin; two children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Alabama House, 1975-81, Senate, 1981-93; U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: 1614 Third Avenue North, Birmingham...
Hilliard, the first black man from Alabama to serve in Congress since Reconstruction, represents an African American-majority district, opposing tax breaks for the rich, promoting public education and keeping civil rights from being forgotten...
BORN: April 19, 1939, Miami EDUCATION: Stetson U, B.S., 1961, J.D., 1966; U of Alabama, M.B.A., 1963 FAMILY: Wife, Emilie; four children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Fort Lauderdale associate municipal judge, 1969-71, mayor, 1975-80; U.S. House, 1980- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2188, Fort Lauderdale...
Lewis was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He had to sue for the right to go to college. In the '60s he rode the freedom buses, was beaten in Montgomery, Alabama, and led the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights. In the House, the five-term incumbent serves as one of four deputy whips, and he speaks out for programs to protect the quality of health care and education for the working poor. It is no wonder Lewis is running unopposed...