Word: democratic
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...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...
Wyoming is conservative, and any Democrat running here must overcome historical precedent to win: the Equality State has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and has not had a Democrat in either house of Congress since 1976. Wyoming has the smallest population of any state and is the leading coal producer in the U.S. Despite the fact that Democrat Bill Clinton has twice vacationed in the Grand Tetons near Jackson Hole and that 18-year veteran Alan Simpson is retiring, Wyoming residents are considered likely to send Republicans back to Congress this year...
Karpan, who calls herself an "independent Western Democrat," is pro-choice but thinks public funds shouldn't be used for something many taxpayers find morally corrupt. She supported the recent welfare-reform bill and says more jobs should be created to help people work their way off the dole...
Candidates are listed in alphabetical order, by district. Party affiliation is noted R (Republican), D (Democrat) or I (Independent). Because of space limitations, only major-party candidates are profiled, and biographical information is necessarily selective. Political-career entries reflect elective offices only and have been edited for space. NR (no response) indicates that a candidate chose not to answer a question. Some photographs of candidates were not available at press time...
...Democrat-dominated government resulting from a Clinton win and a Congress led by Democrats--whether by retaking the House, or the Senate, or both--would allow House Democratic leader Richard Gephardt to pursue his Families First agenda, which calls for expanded health insurance for children, greater pension security and increased aid to education. Whether a re-elected Clinton would support those measures, however, is uncertain. Least likely is the combination of a Dole presidency and a Democrat-led Congress--an outcome that could render Dole's entire agenda, from tax cuts to shrinking government, dead on arrival on Capitol Hill...