Word: appealing
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...controversial proposal to turn federally owned Colorado ski areas over to resort operators. A social conservative, Allard is against gay rights and favors the death penalty for first-degree murder and certain drug offenses; in the House, he supported a law limiting death-row inmates to one federal appeal...
Sutton, a conservative who's proud of his quarter-million-dollar campaign war chest, has strategized hard to win this open seat, even hiring Democrat David Taunton's campaign coordinator as a way to appeal to conservative Democratic voters. He favors lower taxes for families, a balanced-budget amendment and more reform of education, welfare and Medicare. A founder of B.A.D.D.--Bankers Against Drug Dealers--he has made drugs and crime major issues, accusing President Clinton of having a "just inhale" policy...
...Arts and led the 1994 campaign to remove Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders from office. But for all his social conservatism, he was one of the first in Congress to push for the recognition of Gulf War syndrome and has been a strong Medicare advocate, both issues having almost universal appeal in this popular retirement area...
...which until last year was 64% African American. But she will seek re-election in the Fourth, which is only 33% black, because in 1995 the Supreme Court declared that the boundaries of the 11th had been unconstitutionally drawn on the basis of race. Her challenge now is to appeal to voters of both races, and with her campaign slogan, "Annoy Newt," she surprised onlookers by beating three white men to take the primary with 67% of the vote...
...years, Norwood once rose in the House to mark the 100th anniversary of dental floss. In fact, he speaks out regularly for good health care, while opposing universal, government-controlled health insurance. Norwood also supports the death penalty, and in most ways is a fiscal conservative. That may not appeal to his new constituency in the redrawn 10th, which is now 34% African American, twice what it was in the old district...