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...thing to have the presidential race called early, when the majority of states have voted. It's tremendously unfair to those beyond the Central Time Zone and shows a tremendous amount of disregard for Alaska and Hawaii. Still, the national media does have an argument; most of the votes have been counted by the time they declare...
BORN: June 9, 1933, Meridian, Calif. EDUCATION: Yuba Junior College, A.A., 1952; California State U, Chico, B.A., 1958 FAMILY: Wife, Lu; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: Army, 1955-57 OCCUPATION: Elementary school teacher; riverboat captain POLITICAL CAREER: Mayor of Fort Yukon, 1964-68; Alaska House, 1967-71, Senate, 1971-73; U.S. House, 1973- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 100298, Anchorage 99510. Tel.: 907-563-4314 This crusty former trapper received a vital boost in the G.O.P.-dominated 104th, when he became chair of the House Resources Committee. This put him in a position to push bills like the one to allow Alaskan...
BORN: Feb. 22, 1943, Rampart EDUCATION: Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, 1960 FAMILY: Separated; two children RELIGION: NR MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Commercial fisher POLITICAL CAREER: Alaska House, 1991-93; Alaska Senate, 1993- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 240927, Anchorage...
Representing the largest state Senate District in America--49% of the state, about 285,000 sq. mi.--is not enough for Lincoln, who wants to represent all of Alaska in the U.S. House. This Athapascan Indian points to her childhood in the small village of Rampart and her success in the state legislature as examples of her experience with Alaska's varied cultures. A moderate, she's careful to balance development with environmental protection in a state where the Exxon Valdez disaster is all too memorable...
...millions of people. She also says efforts to privatize prisons are the first step to concentration camps, not flinching from concluding that such proposals are Hitlerian plots by the G.O.P. Her own platform includes creating a Third National Bank and building a "Rocky Mountain Trench" to carry water from Alaska to the Colorado River...