Word: democrats
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
Congressional delegation: One Democrat, two Republicans...
...Florida House, 1982-86, Senate, 1986-89; U.S. House, 1989- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 52-2784, Miami 33152. Tel.: 305-460-3245 The first Cuban American in Congress, Ros-Lehtinen helped pass the Helms-Burton bill, which penalizes those who profit from property confiscated by the Castro regime. With no Democrat in the race, she will probably keep her seat...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I know the Democrat dogs of declivity howl at Rome. We do not wink at corruption, and government should not expect...