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Sharpe, a Navy lieutenant in the Gulf War and the son of a 28-year Air Force veteran, appeals to Florida's veterans. But the district's blue-collar population and ethnic mix create a constituency that lacks the political cohesiveness of other Florida districts. But with the endorsement of former G.O.P. presidential hopeful Steve Forbes, Sharpe has created an "eight-point tax-simplification plan" that may win supporters from all sides...
Buyer moved from the war zone of Desert Storm to the legislative trenches of Capitol Hill and now is a two-term veteran of Congress. He is a strong advocate of the study and treatment of Gulf War syndrome and consistently supports higher Pentagon budgets--Citadel alumni named Buyer their 1995 Man of the Year. Outside his military focus, he is a conservative who supports most of the Contract with America, a plus in this Hoosier Heartland...
CHARLES MORRIS (D) District 14 (Southeast; Gulf Coast...
...Lefty" Morris believes his moderate political ideology suits his rural, oil-rich, Gulf Coast district just fine. He is a staunch supporter of federal regulation to protect the environment and a believer in the war on drugs. Morris also agrees that "wasteful government programs" should be halted, but wouldn't follow the G.O.P. path in cutting agricultural programs, Medicare and funding for education. His campaign slogan: LEFTY IS RIGHT...
Independent Dale Mouton was on the ballot in May and stuck through the redistricting to continue his campaign. Only 26, he is a law student at Southern Methodist University, and also considers campaign reform his top priority. A former Marine who served in the Gulf War, Mouton supports life sentences for twice-convicted child molesters and rapists. He also wants to "make prisons as uncomfortable as the Eighth Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment will allow." Pledging he will not be forced to vote along party lines, Mouton says "the best way to fix the system is from within...