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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...
Gordon, deriding his high-profile opponent's campaign strategy of stumping in a leased red truck and chewing tobacco, calls himself a fiscal conservative. But he remains a Democrat at heart, supporting a minimum-wage hike and opposing the G.O.P. budget's cuts in education, police, Medicaid and Social Security...
Nine years without a tax increase. A balanced budget every year. A 60% increase in the police force. It's a record any G.O.P. mayor might be proud of, but it belongs to Clarksville's "middle-of-the-road" Democrat, Don Trotter. And though Entrepreneur magazine rated Clarksville one of America's two best cities for small business, Trotter has a fight trying to unseat popular G.O.P. incumbent Ed Bryant...