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Though he has never run for office, Mains has made a name for himself in District 14 as an energetic and effective environmentalist. He founded "Save the Rice Farm," which successfully lobbied to preserve a local farm, was the first president of a committee to protect the Danda Forest and is a leader of his local chapter of the Conservation Foundation. The question is whether ecological zeal is enough to unseat one of the most powerful Republicans on the Hill...
BORN: Oct. 30, 1944, Lake Forest, Ill. EDUCATION: Northwestern U, B.A., 1966; U of Iowa, J.D., 1970 FAMILY: Wife, Judith Whetstine; two children RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Iowa Senate, 1977-83 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 5875, Cedar Rapids 52406. Tel.: 319-365-3535 If the negatives against the G.O.P. Congress are strong enough, Rush, a former civil-rights lawyer who helped defend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the Supreme Court, might have a chance in this race. In fact, in the past two presidential elections, his district voted for Dukakis and Clinton. Unfortunately for Rush...
Gilchrest's quixotic career includes heroic service in Vietnam--he received a Navy Commendation Medal--17 years teaching high school, and work as a forest ranger and barn builder. Noted for his fiscal conservatism, he has shown independence from the G.O.P. by backing the assault-weapons...
BORN: Nov. 25, 1957, Baltimore EDUCATION: Princeton U, B.A., 1979; Wake Forest U, J.D., 1982 FAMILY: Wife, Kendel RELIGION: Methodist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer POLITICAL CAREER: Maryland House, 1987-94; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 1301 York Road, Suite 705, Lutherville...
...salesman, Ehrlich attended Gilman, Princeton and Wake Forest on scholarships. In the G.O.P. freshman class of 1994 he has been conspicuous in his moderation, showing an independent streak on issues like term limits and abortion. But his proposals on the Government Reform and Oversight Committee have toed the line with the G.O.P.'s government-cutting agenda: he supported a proposal that would have banned government aid to nonprofit groups involved in politics...