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...DICK ARMEY (R) District 26 (Suburban Dallas; parts of Denton...
...Republican Party has given Cramer some strong support. He was invited to speak at its convention, where he lauded G.O.P. values and wished his four-year-old daughter happy birthday. And both Newt Gingrich and Dick Armey came to town on his behalf. Though Cramer promised that with their help he could rejuvenate the statewide Garrison Diversion water project, the local Democratic party faulted him for "the company he keeps...
Once the G.O.P.'s No. 3 man in the House--current House majority leader Dick Armey defeated him in 1992--Lewis still retains enough seniority and power as a high-ranking member of the Appropriations Committee to bring his district generous funding for earthquake relief, water projects, highway improvements, a medical center and airport repairs...
...EDUCATION: Jamestown College, B.A., 1963; U of North Dakota, M.A., 1964; U of Oklahoma, Ph.D., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Susan Byrd; five children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Economist, professor POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 85, Lewisville 75067. Tel.: 214-416-4907 Like House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Armey is a professor who started as a political outsider and finds himself at the center of the inside--House Majority Leader. Armey was one of the architects of the Contract with America and embodies the conservatism that brought about the Republican revolution: he's for free markets and flat taxes...
Frankel is a physician with an improbable mission: to defeat Dick Armey. A self-proclaimed Truman Democrat, Frankel says the House Majority Leader and his Republican cohorts have sold out the middle class in exchange for campaign funds from PACS and lobbyists. He promises to protect the American worker through minimum-wage increases and vows to fight for a ban on PAC contributions. But redistricting will not help Frankel's chances, since the race has not changed...