Word: congressman
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QUOTE OF NOTE: "As an incumbent, you become the symbol of government. If you look at Washington and want someone to blame, the only one you know is your local Congressman. And that's a handicap...
Deutsch moved from Yale law school to Florida in June 1982 and was elected to the state House that fall. He hasn't looked back. Now a two-term Congressman, Deutsch is pro-Israel and pro-environment. He has a reputation for abrasiveness, but he's also a tenacious supporter of local interests, which should work in his favor this fall...
Balanoff is hopeful that in this traditionally Democratic district--it has voted for Bill Clinton, Paul Simon and Carol Moseley-Braun--a Republican Congressman is an anomaly. He blames Jerry Weller's victory in 1994--by 34,000 votes--on the 68,000 Democrats who didn't bother going to the polls. Balanoff does offer a choice: he wants to balance the budget by cutting "corporate welfare," not funds for Medicare or education...
Despite his youth, Clark, 25, is a confident liberal with plenty of ideas to help the working class make a living wage and get quality benefits. He also says he will protect the district's small farmers, charging incumbent Steve Buyer with being a one-issue military congressman in lockstep with Newt Gingrich. Clark may be a long shot in this G.O.P. district--but he can run seven more times before...
...representative POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6893, Evansville 47719. Tel.: 812-422-0749 Weinzapfel grew up in Posey County, made his way to Washington for grad school, then served as an aide to then-Eighth District Representative Frank McCloskey. He now wants back in the Capitol as a Congressman. A founder of a local community task force, Citizens for Seniors, Weinzapfel is a defender of Medicare, a healthy minimum wage and accessible health care. He's an underdog, but upsets seem to be a tradition in the "Bloody Eighth," which sent four different Congressmen to Washington...