Word: bentsens
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...BENTSEN (D) District 25 (South Houston and Baytown...
...ruling invited a mob of contenders, credible and otherwise, to hop back into the race. And this was bad news for Democrats in an increasingly Republican state. Ken Bentsen, nephew of the state's most revered former Senator, has problems enough with the fact that his Houston district, marginally Democratic when he won it in 1992, tilted slightly Republican under the court-ordered redesign. To avoid a runoff, he must win a majority of the votes next month against no fewer than 10 opponents, ranging from a refinery worker backed by the Socialist Workers Party to a district judge favored...
Democrats like Bentsen have another problem. Special elections, and particularly one in the Christmas season of a year when many voters are disconnected from the campaign, usually favor the superior organizational skills of Republicans. "We'll have to hire Greyhound buses to get people to the polls," sighs Democrat Tony Proffitt, a Texas political operative...
Democrats, of course, have their own history of swapping power moments for big bucks. When Lloyd Bentsen served as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee in 1987, he planned to charge lobbyists $10,000 for the privilege of having breakfast with him. And this year, the Democratic National Committee offered two meals with President Clinton and Vice President Gore for $100,000. But the latest Republican appeal is the largest ever: it seeks to raise a record $15 million at the Jan. 24 Annual Gala--the Republicans' main fund-raising dinner--which is $3 million more than the 1995 affair...
House hearings into the 1993 federal assault against the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, produced partisan sparks and riveting, emotional testimony. Republicans accused federal agents of having bungled the operation. Under harsh questioning, former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said he had no advance knowledge of the raid and played no role in the decision to use tear gas to end the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of having let the National Rifle Association influence key aspects of the committee investigation. Dramatic testimony also came from a teenager who described how sect leader David Koresh sexually molested her when...