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BORN: July 7, 1957, Streator EDUCATION: U of Illinois, B.S., 1979 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Christian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Congressional aide; state and federal official; hog farmer; sales representative POLITICAL CAREER: Illinois House, 1988-94; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 687, Morris...
...nurse and a farmer--she took over operating a 320-acre farm after her first husband died in an accident--Leising lobbied for term limits from her seat in the Indiana Senate. She also introduced informed-consent legislation requiring Indiana women to wait 18 hours and receive counseling before an abortion. The Susan B. Anthony pro-life women's pac has endorsed Leising in her second effort to unseat 32-year incumbent Hamilton...
BORN: Sept. 27, 1938, Sioux City EDUCATION: U of Iowa; U of Tulsa FAMILY: Wife, Nancy; four children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army, 1955-56; Army Reserve, 1956-63 OCCUPATION: Radio broadcaster; store owner; police officer; farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Corsicana, Texas, city commission, 1974-76; U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: 2711 Grand Avenue, Des Moines...
BORN: July 29, 1940, Harned EDUCATION: U of Kentucky, B.S., 1962 FAMILY: Wife, Barbara; four children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: Marine Corps Reserve, 1962-68 OCCUPATION: Farmer POLITICAL CAREER: Breckingbridge County School Board, 1971-75; Kentucky Senate, 1976-92 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 460, Elizabethtown...
Wright, a member and leader of the state Senate for 17 years, was called a modern-day Cincinnatus by a local newspaper, after the Roman farmer who set aside his plow to save the Republic: he says he saw the chaos in the G.O.P.-controlled Congress and felt a "call" to go to Washington. Wright supports a balanced-budget amendment, tax cuts and welfare reform that moves people into the workplace...