Word: alabamas
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Democrats lost an Alabama Senate seat when Richard Shelby switched parties. Now, with Howell Heflin stepping down, they could lose the other. But Bedford, who underwent a 1990 bone-marrow transplant to combat cancer, is a fighter with the experience to win. Campaigning on a family-and-faith platform, he opposes school vouchers and supports federal programs that help children...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "Let's visit a classroom, where Alabama's future will be determined, and explain to those children and their parents why, in the richest country on earth, we can't find money for Head Start and school lunches...
BORN: Dec. 24, 1946, Hybart EDUCATION: Huntingdon College, B.A.; U of Alabama, J.D. FAMILY: Wife, Mary Blackshear; three children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Army, 1973; Army Reserve, 1974-86 OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: State Attorney General, 1995- ADDRESS: 4131 Carmichael Road, Montgomery...
Politics in Alabama being conservative, Democrats often vote like Republicans, so the G.O.P. counts on Session's name recognition to give him an edge for this open seat. Like his opponent, Sessions is passionately anti-drug and pro-family, but he's also campaigning on a Republican platform of lower taxes and fiscal frugality. He's for "modest cuts" in spending, but he vows to stand by Medicare and Social Security. If elected, Sessions would give the g.o.p. control of both Alabama Senate seats for the first time since Reconstruction...
BORN: Sept. 11, 1932, Mobile EDUCATION: McGill High School, graduated, 1950 FAMILY: Wife, Karen; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Navy, 1952-54 OCCUPATION: Moving-and-storage-company executive POLITICAL CAREER: Alabama House, 1971-79, Senate, 1979-83; sought Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, 1982; U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 7641, Mobile...