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Proving that the Third District elects the person, not the party, Stump won his seat as a Democrat in 1976, switched parties in 1981, and has served as a Republican for the past 15 years. As chair of the Veteran's Affairs Committee, he sponsored a bill this year to expand access to veteran health care and let VA hospitals provide higher levels of outpatient care. Stump advocates a budget that cuts both taxes and the deficit, calling the idea that this can't be done a "liberal" notion...
Quote of Note: "I am going to mobilize all of the voters and citizens of this district, Republican and Democrat, for a great crusade to destroy [the] Contract on Americans...
...banning discrimination against gays. In this election, two House races will fill seats left vacant by long-time Representatives--Patricia Schroeder in the First and the Fourth's Wayne Allard, who is leaving to run for the Senate. That Senate seat is vacant as well, and both Allard and Democrat Tom Strickland have legitimate hopes of filling...
...award-winning law student and former Democrat, Rogers is now a rising star for the G.O.P.--he addressed the party's national convention this summer. And he may be moderate enough to have a chance in this heavily Democratic district, currently represented by Patricia Schroeder. He calls himself a fiscal conservative and supported the recent welfare-reform bill, but says he'd vote for Democratic initiatives like the Family and Medical Leave...
...steady habits," Connecticut lives up to its billing: all eight of its congressional delegates won their last re-election campaign. The wealthiest state (per capita) in the U.S., its economy relies on defense: nuclear submarines, airplane engines and helicopters are produced here. The Constitution State has become increasingly Democratic since the '30s and in 1990 elected a third-party Governor, Lowell Weicker, founder of A Connecticut Party. This election should maintain the trend toward consistency: the incumbents are all running safe races except Democrat Sam Gejdenson of the Second District, who was re-elected by only 21 votes...