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BORN: Jan. 3, 1947, Baton Rouge EDUCATION: Louisiana State U, B.A., 1969; J.D., 1971 FAMILY: Wife, Diane; four children RELIGION: Christian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Broadcasting executive POLITICAL CAREER: Louisiana House, 1972-; candidate for U.S. Senate, 1978, 1980 ADDRESS: 660 North Foster Drive, Suite C-201, Baton Rouge...
RICHARD BAKER (R) District 6 (East Central--Baton Rouge...
BORN: May 22, 1948, New Orleans EDUCATION: Louisiana State U, B.A., 1971 FAMILY: Wife, Kay; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Real estate broker POLITICAL CAREER: Louisiana House, 1972-86; U.S. House, 1986- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 1694, Baton Rouge...
Peace in the Middle East and Bosnia may be elusive, but the Clinton Administration has brokered a sensitive cease-fire in Louisiana. Vice President Al Gore flew to Baton Rouge last Friday to preside over the reconciliation of two Democrats: Senate candidate Mary Landrieu and Congressman Cleo Fields, the state's leading black politician. The Gore intervention might seem like an awful lot of White House muscle to settle a neighborhood brawl. But the stakes are high in Louisiana's closely contested Senate race, which pits Landrieu against conservative Republican Louis ("Woody") Jenkins. When Fields finally endorsed Landrieu last week...
Jenkins, a six-term legislator from Baton Rouge, is riding a wave of growing Republican strength in this formerly one-party state. (G.O.P. Governor Mike Foster, who swept to victory over Fields last year, has a 70% approval rating.) Jenkins has been courting conservatives with a message of small government and has embraced Huey Long-style populism by calling for abolition of the IRS and replacing it with a national sales...