Word: democratics
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sutton, a conservative who's proud of his quarter-million-dollar campaign war chest, has strategized hard to win this open seat, even hiring Democrat David Taunton's campaign coordinator as a way to appeal to conservative Democratic voters. He favors lower taxes for families, a balanced-budget amendment and more reform of education, welfare and Medicare. A founder of B.A.D.D.--Bankers Against Drug Dealers--he has made drugs and crime major issues, accusing President Clinton of having a "just inhale" policy...
...Florida over its ballot-qualifying fees--at $10,020, the highest in the nation. Green, 39, has also emphasized his youth, in comparison with 66-year-old incumbent Bill Young, in an attempt to woo the district's new population of young professionals. He sees himself as an F.D.R. Democrat, unapologetic in his support of government programs...
...nonnative Georgian and a Democrat, Kaszans is an outsider--and an underdog--in a district that gave her opponent 77% of the vote in the last election. Kaszans defends federal programs for children and seniors and is a strong proponent of Medicare, citing it as the prime reason Americans over 65 live longer than those in any other country...
...African American, this former heartland Republican district has changed dramatically over the years. Naughton, however, who calls himself a Reagan Democrat, believes that fighting for tax relief, opposing abortion and giving parents a chance to send their children to private school will strike an appealing chord with the predominantly working-class people of the First...
This former Black Panther may be the only member of Congress to have served time for weapons possession (six months in 1969), but he is now an advocate of gun control. Rush is also the only Illinois Democrat on the House Commerce Committee. If he survives recent legal problems--with the IRS over back taxes and the City of Chicago for delinquent parking tickets--Democrats can keep one of their more interesting members...