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From the Great Depression to the oil-price shock of 1979, Michigan more often than not voted Democrat. Though the loss of some 160,000 auto-production jobs in the early '80s gave the G.O.P. an opening--it picked up two congressional seats in 1994--Clinton beat Bush in 1992, and the Democrats are favored to hold their congressional-delegation majority this year...
...this industrial district, Rivers gets points for refusing campaign gifts and pledging to fight waste in Congress. Married the day after her high school graduation--her husband is a member of the United Auto Workers--and pregnant at 18, Rivers worked her way through college and law school. With a nod to the need for local control of schools, she argues for the Federal Government to set standards and provide funds...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I am the only member of Congress married to a member of the United Auto Workers, and I am one of a handful who know what it's like to return pop bottles in order to buy a gallon of milk...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On his fight against auto-industry regulation] "I am totally unapologetic about that. I represent half a million people whose lives are controlled by...the auto industry...
BORN: April 29, 1942, St. Paul, Minn. EDUCATION: Brighton High School, diploma, 1960 FAMILY: Wife, Katie; three children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Vehicle-manufacturing and auto-parts executive POLITICAL CAREER: G.O.P. nominee for U.S. House, 1992; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1518, Brighton...