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...contrast to Durkin's office in Manchester, Rudman's--situated a block up the street (on the other side of the road, of course)--is quiet. Volunteer Priscilla Jacobsen sits alone at a neat desk. "Mr. Rudman would make a fine senator. He was a fine state attorney general. He's definitely moderate--not right wing, not liberal. He has the right answers," she says. Having just lost her job, Jacobsen is getting involved with politics for the first time. "I'm exuberant," she says, adding that the presidential primary sparks a political consciousness that lasts until election...
...Hampshire's senatorial race between incumbent John Durkin, the Democrat, and Republican Warren Rudman has two distinguishing features: it has been extremely bitter, at both a political and personal level; and it has been extremely inexpensive in comparison to most...
...feud between Durkin and Rudman goes back to 1974, when, in a dispute over the results of the election that first sent Durkin to the Senate, Attorney General Rudman, a member of the state ballet commission, ruled against him. Durkin won the rematch with little trouble. In 1976 Gerald R. Ford wanted to appoint Rudman chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, but the Senate never considered the nomination. New Hampshire Republicans remain convinced that Durkin, despite his repeated denials, prevented the nomination from proceeding...
...candidates' major disagreements arise over money, with Rudman attacking Durkin for his acceptance of $100,000 from out-of-state labor unions during his 1974 campaign. Durkin collected another $100,000 this time around, prompting charges from Rudman that his Democratic opponent is the tool of organized labor. Rudman refuses to accept any donations from out-of-state political-action committees...
...issues, the candidates often seem to echo the platform of the party to which they do not belong. Durkin, for example, backs a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, while Rudman is against it. More true to his party, Durkin opposes oil price deregulation and attacks the oil companies every chance he gets--a popular thing to do in New Hampshire, whose residents pay more for home heating oil than citizens in many other states. Rudman favors deregulation but also suggests using a windfall profits tax on the oil companies to help pay the cost of heating oil for the poor...