Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Michael Capuano, mayor of Somerville and Democratic nominee for the 8th District's Congressional seat, exhibited his brash, in-your-face politics and fierce commitment to constituents last night in a speech to about 50 undergraduates in Boylston Hall's Ticknor Lounge...
...three-day regatta hosted sixteen of the top sailors from around the nation--and only three freshmen--all of whom had to qualify in district regattas to attend. Gill's second-place finish at the New England Women's Single Handed two weeks ago earned her a ticket to this memorable weekend...
...G.O.P. group, Jim Nicholson, chairman of the Republican National Committee, made a point of welcoming gays into the party. "That's new," says Log Cabin executive director Rich Tafel. In the House this year, 30 Republicans joined Democrats to defeat a move to ban adoption by gays in the District of Columbia. Earlier, when Republican Joel Hefley of Colorado tried to revoke a Clinton Executive Order banning discrimination against gay federal employees, his measure was defeated, with the astonishing help of 63 Republican votes...
...categorize. Having been brought up in the Midwest, I can't help thinking that if we travel very far down this road, we are sooner or later going to come to accusations about teenage flings with farm animals. In a tightly contested congressional race taking place in a rural district, the challenger just might dredge up one of the incumbent's high school classmates who, still embittered by some perceived slight in 11th grade, is willing to go to the local newspaper with an unflattering portrait of what the now august Congressman was like at 17: "Why, we used...
...WILSON win the seat. Now there's a rematch, and Anderson may ruin the Democrats' chances again--so much so that Maloof has adopted much of the Greens' platform, and House minority leader RICHARD GEPHARDT asked Anderson to drop out, a plea that was rejected. Meanwhile, in the Third District, TOM UDALL, son of STEWART UDALL, appears to be winning back a seat lost to the G.O.P.'S BILL REDMOND in 1997's special election. But the Greens' CAROL MILLER, whose showing helped Redmond last time, could again damage the Dems. This prospect does not seem to alarm the Greens...