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...money primary with his $20 million and so everyone should get out of his way. At the straw poll in Florida, he had the best barbecue and the best band, spending $76,000 on "event expenses." About $4,000 a month went to a "crowd builder." Not since John Connolly spent about $13 million and won only one delegate has money done less...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "A lot of people call me a bridge builder, but sometimes I feel like I'm the bridge itself...
Blain has been a truck builder and union member for 30 years (he retired this year), and his political credentials are pure working-class. So are his positions: He opposes free-trade agreements like NAFTA and gatt (the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) because he believes they expose the American laborer to harsher competition from abroad. He also supports family medical leave and regular, predictable increases in the minimum wage...
...when he was appointed to a municipal-court position in 1990, and the "Best Legislator" in the state Assembly in 1995 according to California Journal. A born-again Christian with firm conservative beliefs--an advantage in this traditionally Republican district--Rogan also has earned a reputation as a consensus builder...
BORN: Feb. 27, 1954, East Troy EDUCATION: U of Wisconsin at Whitewater, B.S., 1975; U of Wisconsin at River Falls, M.S., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Sue; three children RELIGION: Lutheran MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Home builder; real estate broker; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 17 South River Street, Suite 253, Janesville...