Word: bushed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last presidential election: Clinton (D): 53% Bush (R): 35% Perot...
Last presidential election: Clinton (D): 30% Bush (R): 40% Perot...
Last presidential election: Clinton (D): 41% Bush (R): 48% Perot...
Womack is running in a solid Republican district--it voted for Bush by substantial margins in both '88 and '92--against a solid Republican, six-term incumbent. But he has been this route before and apparently wasn't discouraged by his 34-point 1994 loss, against the same opponent. Womack predicts that "the Gingrich budget" would cause Alabamans to lose billions of dollars in funding for Medicaid, Medicare and child-nutrition programs...
...enthusiastic conservative on economic, cultural and foreign issues, Bachus represents a 90% white district considered one of the most Republican in the nation (in 1992 it gave George Bush 64% of its vote). In 1994 he fought against NEA grants to artists and cultural institutions. And this year he sponsored a bill to determine how much U.S. currency is counterfeited abroad. He also has a reputation for taking care of his constituents...