Word: democratics
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...ongoing "lumber wars" and keeping the state's delegation to the House divided. In the Senate, two Republicans have held sway for nearly 30 years, but the party's dominance may be coming to an abrupt end: earlier this year, the disgraced Bob Packwood was replaced by a Democrat, and now Mark Hatfield is retiring...
...limits, privatization and a 17% flat tax with substantial exemptions and deductions for charity. A fiscal conservative, he may be able to count on G.O.P. votes in Portland's exclusive section of Dunthorpe, but the working-class and middle-class neighborhoods in the rest of the district are staunchly Democratic. And though he vows to protect Medicare, his platform of budget cuts may rattle the strong senior-citizen vote that helped keep Democrat Ron Wyden in this seat for 15 years...
BORN: Jan. 15, 1927, Glasgow, Mont. EDUCATION: Huntington Public High School (Los Angeles), diploma, 1943 FAMILY: Divorced; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Navy, 1943-49; Naval Reserve, 1949-53 OCCUPATION: Land developer and consultant POLITICAL CAREER: Sought nomination for U.S. House (as a Democrat) 1980, 1982; (as a Republican) 1984, 1992; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 41565, Eugene...
...last Democrat Lancaster County elected to Congress was James Buchanan, in 1828. This doesn't seem to bother Blaine, who has an eclectic political vision. He is, for example, able to find socioeconomic reasons for environmental protection and see conservation as an antidote to urban ills like crime and drugs...
...18th District is home to advanced medical-research facilities and world-renowned hospitals, and Doyle spent much of his freshman term safeguarding those interests. A 1992 convert to Democrat--he was chief of staff to a Republican state Senator for 14 years--he also cast an occasional nonpartisan vote, like supporting the G.O.P.-sponsored balanced-budget amendment...