Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Congressional delegation: One Democrat, six Republicans...
Harkin is the only Democratic member of Congress from Iowa and the only Iowa Democrat ever re-elected to the Senate. But he doesn't take his incumbency for granted--he left his party's convention early to campaign in his home state--and in the Senate he's active on four committees. Having shaken the most radical of his liberal urges, Harkin was a co-author of the first bipartisan welfare-reform bill in Congress. But in a state with the largest percentage of citizens over age 85, and the third largest over 65, he promises to protect Medicare...
Though she has never held elective office, Docking's name carries weight in Kansas politics--husband Thomas was Lieutenant Governor in the mid-1980s, and both her father-in-law and grandfather-in-law served as Governor. A moderate Democrat--her pro-choice views may give G.O.P. moderates a safe haven from staunchly antiabortion opponent Sam Brownback--she wants to cut federal spending gradually and has a detailed plan for saving Social Security...
...Salina mayor Divine now works as the local government-marketing executive for IBM. Concerned that the changing job market demands new skills that many in his agricultural district may lack, he says he'll promote job training via school/business partnerships. But Democrat Divine runs uphill in Bob Dole's hometown district, where Clinton placed third in 1992, behind Bush and Perot...
Citizens of the Third have a definite and clear-cut choice this year, as Hancock, a high-achieving, pro-choice, pro-gun control Democrat faces off against Vince Snowbarger, an archetype of conservatism. But in the only district in Kansas that went for Clinton in 1992, she's hoping to attract moderate Republicans who are put off by the Contract with America and what she sees as the "extremist" nature of her opponent's politics...