Word: democratics
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Sanchez is a Santa Ana businesswoman who became a Democrat in 1992. While her Republican past lingers on in her belief in the need for tax reform, she also now believes that social services should be at least partially available to illegal immigrants and vows to fight cuts in Medicare and educational funding. The district is nearly 50% Latino and 48% Democrat, but it voted for Bush in 1992. Sanchez will need a large--and moderate--turnout to scare the nine-term Bob Dornan...
...G.O.P. challenger Flores won 41% of the vote in a district that is only 26% Republican. Running against the same Democrat this year, the former teamster hopes his crossover muscle is more toned as he breaks the party mold with his support of labor and opposition to Republican legislation that would permit worker-management teams to negotiate outside union contracts...
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...