Word: gore
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...prop is more than a toy; it's a visual mnemonic device to help voters remember who the politician is and what he stands for. Match the politician with the prop that has become indispensable to him on the stump, and win the $500 government-issued hammer Al Gore used to lug around...
Alioto, 28, is a campaign manager's dream. The granddaughter of former San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto has worked as an aide to Al Gore, spent $200,000 of her own money on the primary and has overcome great physical adversity. If she wins, she will be the youngest Congresswoman in history...
Navarro, a professor of economics and public policy, has yet to win an election. But he is a committed activist--founder of the group Prevent Los Angelization Now!--which vows to fight against Medicare cuts and environmental deregulation. Navarro has also earned the attention of Democratic powerhouses like Al Gore, who attended a fund raiser for the challenger in July...
...moderate 11th, Horton, a member of the 1992 Clinton-Gore steering committee, is taking on the Contract with America. He calls the 1994 G.O.P. document a shortsighted approach to deficit cutting that does not expand opportunities for the average Northern Virginia family. Horton has never held public office, but his work on the Council for Excellence in Government may shore him up against a freshman incumbent...
...years since being elected to fill Al Gore's vacant Senate seat, Thompson's star has risen quickly. He sees himself as a "citizen Senator" and has tremendous populist appeal, both because of his acting background and because his legislative priorities reflect such sensibility: term limits, campaign-finance and juvenile-court reforms, and biannual budgets for Congress. With this style, Thompson is one Senate incumbent who can run as an outsider...