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BORN: July 8, 1942, Fort Benning, Ga. EDUCATION: U of Georgia, B.B.A., 1964, Ph.D., 1967 FAMILY: Wife, Wendy; two children RELIGION: Episcopalian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Professor POLITICAL CAREER: Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, 1976; U.S. House, 1978-84; U.S. Senate, 1984- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 565087, Dallas 75356. Tel.: 214-360-3700 As a member of Congress for 18 years--four of them as a House Democrat--Gramm has become a sophisticated political power broker with a firm conservative base and a reputation as a top fund raiser. Though little of the power and prestige translated into presidential votes this...
Izzard is a conservative, running in a conservative district against a conservative incumbent. What is so different about Izzard that voters would turn their influential incumbent Charles Stenholm, a conservative Democrat, out of office? Izzard says the difference is that he won't have to fight his majority party to get conservative things done...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I don't think the country wants people to go up there and do the Republican thing or the Democrat thing--they want people to do the right thing...
...started as cotton farmer in Texas, became a powerful boll weevil in Washington--a Democrat who supported Reagan's budget and tax cuts--and now Stenholm's conservatism has earned him the label blue dog. Nevertheless, this veteran Democrat has served his heartland district since 1978 with a mission to pull his party back to the center. In the process he has earned the respect of colleagues on both sides of the aisle--one reason he is expected to be returned to Washington...
Though the new 18th no longer has a black majority, incumbent Democrat Sheila Jackson-Lee remains the favorite in this race. Redistricting has given her four new challengers, however...