Word: democratic
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Frankel is a physician with an improbable mission: to defeat Dick Armey. A self-proclaimed Truman Democrat, Frankel says the House Majority Leader and his Republican cohorts have sold out the middle class in exchange for campaign funds from PACS and lobbyists. He promises to protect the American worker through minimum-wage increases and vows to fight for a ban on PAC contributions. But redistricting will not help Frankel's chances, since the race has not changed...
...contenders: Democrat James Sweatt, a thoracic surgeon, was the first African-American president of the Dallas County Medical Society. He opposes building more jails and supports public education. Lisa Kitterman is the only new Republican in the race. She advocates abolishing payroll taxes and instead funding Social Security through a consumption tax. Other candidates, none expected to do much more than take votes away from the frontrunners, include Democrat Marvin Crenshaw and Independents Ada Granado, Steven Hammond and Lisa Hembry...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "You have my word, irrespective of who serves as our President, now or in the future, Democrat or Republican: I will vote with our President when the President is right, and against the President when I believe the President is wrong...
...after his real foreign experience: nearly seven years as a POW in Vietnam. A long, heroic military career might have been enough for most people; Johnson found a new life in Congress. And he is so popular in his district, one of the nation's most affluent, that no Democrat--until Lee Cole--has opposed him since he was first elected...
...nationally syndicated TV show, Richardson enjoys more name recognition than most challengers without political experience. And she has earned the endorsement of the Texas State Teachers Association for her promise to fight cuts in education. Though a clerical error made her an Independent, Richardson is really a Democrat...