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...Hyde has chosen to run a stealth campaign against nationally known incumbent Joe Kennedy, eldest son of the assassinated former Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Hyde's answer to the Kennedy juggernaut is--a "cash-free" campaign. Hyde says he spends an average of "$1 to $2 a day" running for Congress. His main message is "time-sizing," in which companies cut back the work week rather than the work force, which he would encourage through tax breaks...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "[Thanks in part to the] backing of Governor John Engler, America's tax-cutting champion, I was chosen to take on America's tax-raising champion, David Bonior...
BORN: Aug. 4, 1957, Camden EDUCATION: Bucknell U, B.A., 1979; Cornell U, J.D., 1982 FAMILY: Wife, Camille Spinello Andrews; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer, adjunct professor POLITICAL CAREER: Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1987-90, director, 1988-90; U.S. House, 1990- ADDRESS: 26 Springdale Road, Building 27, Cherry Hill...
Suplee was chosen by a congressional committee to replace G.O.P. nominee Sophia Nelson when she quit the race for personal reasons. Suplee charges incumbent Robert Andrews with alienating Democrats in Congress, endangering his ability to form coalitions with them on legislation. Suplee also supports term limits, balancing the federal budget and reducing immigration...
Running against a Kennedy, never an enviable opportunity, Cicione has chosen the venerable tax-and-spend attack. He has signed a taxpayer-protection pledge not to raise taxes and favors tax cuts for the poor--part of his "trickle-up theory": that putting more money in workers' pockets will help free many of them from reliance on federal subsidies, which in turn will free up more of everyone's tax dollars. At the same time, Cicione says he would balance the budget by limiting "corporate welfare," which has a good ring in this working-class district...