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...against David Dreier, an eight-term incumbent with a multimillion-dollar war chest. But the retired history professor believes that Dreier's reputation as a moderate is overblown, and hopes Dreier's votes to cut social programs like food stamps and school lunches will mark him as a "Team Gingrich" member who should not be playing in Washington...
Declared the winner in 1994, Brooks went to Washington--was even picked by Newt Gingrich as a G.O.P. transition leader--only to learn she'd lost by 812 absentee votes. She has been campaigning ever since, hoping, this time, it's a one-way flight to Congress...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I will not be Newt Gingrich's Congressman, or Clinton's Congressman. I will be your Congressman...
...EDUCATION: Jamestown College, B.A., 1963; U of North Dakota, M.A., 1964; U of Oklahoma, Ph.D., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Susan Byrd; five children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Economist, professor POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1984- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 85, Lewisville 75067. Tel.: 214-416-4907 Like House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Armey is a professor who started as a political outsider and finds himself at the center of the inside--House Majority Leader. Armey was one of the architects of the Contract with America and embodies the conservatism that brought about the Republican revolution: he's for free markets and flat taxes...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'm pro-choice, and I ain't Newt Gingrich...