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Firebaugh is running against not one, but two Republican conservatives--but not in the same election. She is the Democratic candidate in both the special election to finish Bill Emerson's term and the general election to fill the open seat in the new term. To get some name recognition against the better-known Jo Ann Emerson, Firebaugh traveled to every county in the district. And thanks to the fluke of having two putative G.O.P. opponents, she may split the conservative vote wide enough...
Another small-town mayor, Pappas won an upset victory in the G.O.P. primary to fill the seat being vacated by Senate hopeful Dick Zimmer. A consistent conservative--except for his opposition to the death penalty--he is against abortion, advocates welfare reform and supports restructuring the tax system...
Entering the Senate after a special election to fill the seat vacated by retiring Democrat David Boren, Inhofe now face's Boren's eccentric cousin. Inhofe himself is known for some verbal eccentricities, like denouncing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as "gestapo bureaucracies." With a strong conservative record, however, he plays well in this Bible Belt state...
Smith suffered a narrow loss in a January special election to fill the vacant Senate seat of Bob Packwood, who left under a cloud of scandal. In this bitter race, Smith has accused Tom Bruggere of hiring a San Francisco private-investigation firm to "dig dirt." Smith has tempered some of his more conservative positions for this race, but in a state that has elected moderate Senators for the past 30 years, the winner here should still be a moderating influence on Capitol Hill...
Wild is a physician with a law degree who hopes to leave both professions, for the moment, to fill the seat left open by Jack Reed's Senate bid. He signed an anti-tax pledge, and warns that Medicare must be restructured to be saved. The Second District, however, is traditionally Democratic and may not heed the call of the Wild...