Word: congressman
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...good to be President (see Senator Richard Lugar). You can also be too bad to be President, and as a consequence, have the first real scare in your congressional race in years (see Congressman "B-1 Bob" Dornan). And you can be too phony to be President (see Lamar! in the shirt playing the piano...
Prosser enters this race with several key advantages over opponent Jay Johnson. The Eighth District is strongly Republican: it sent retiring Congressman Toby Roth to Washington eight times and voted for George Bush in the past two presidential elections. Prosser, a long-time Wisconsin politician, is a high-profile crime fighter who helped pass a state Sexual Predator Law. He was named 1996 Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators Association...
...Census, West Virginia lost a congressional district, leaving only three. Though the state economy is slowly rebuilding, the electorate remains solidly Democratic, testament to the strength of the party's lower-class and labor-class roots: its voters haven't elected a Republican Senator since 1956 or a Republican Congressman since...
Morris is a political newcomer running against a popular 14-year incumbent, but says Bob Wise has met only "token opposition." Because the Second District has given Republican presidential candidates 53% of its votes since 1980, Morris says it's time for a G.O.P. Congressman. Though he's against Big Government, Morris calls for strengthening West Virginia's aged infrastructure, implying that it might not be wise to send a Democrat to a House where the other party controls the purse strings...
Wise's message for West Virginia's youth: Stay in school. In such a poor state, he says, education is the only way to escape poverty. The Congressman is a regular on West Virginia First, a TV show that encourages college graduates to bring their skills back home, and he has given every salary increase since taking office to scholarship funds at four West Virginia schools. That was seven terms ago, and his upbeat, positive attitude makes him the expected winner this race...