Word: labors
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...another of this year's close races, Tierney is rematched against Peter Torkildsen, who beat him in 1994 by only 4% of the vote. This year Tierney is counting on the added support of the district's labor unions. He promises to stop "corporate welfare," reward companies that are good to employees, and fight balanced-budget plans that take entitlements and quality public education away from blue-collar voters. He's pro-environment and vows vigilance on the Clean Water, Clean Air and Clean Harbor acts...
Brennan has one of the longest political resumes in Maine history. To cap his 30-year career in elective office, the former Governor wants to return to Washington (he says he "got a lot of calls from Democrats" asking him to run) by building on his tried-and-true labor base and co-opting G.O.P. issues like the balanced budget, line-item veto and term limits. Whether he can get the statewide support he'll need is uncertain; he lost his bids for Governor...
...Bill" Clay was called a militant when he went to Congress 28 years ago. The first African-American legislator from Missouri, he is still an energetic Democrat: he wanted to cancel the stamp honoring Richard Nixon, and is a persistent critic of Contract with America legislation. A friend of labor and sponsor of the Family and Medical Leave Act, Clay, who survived the 1992 disclosure of 328 House bank overdrafts, still seems solid...
...year, but Bamberger is the underdog in this solidly Republican district. With years of serving on county boards and task forces and having taught political science to college students for 26 years, she won a six-way primary with 53% of the vote. A longtime Democrat, she staunchly supports labor unions and workers' interests. But even a Website may not bring enough of the right recognition for a political upset...
Meara is a nonpartisan Democrat who is antiabortion like his opponent, supports "workfare" and wants to tighten immigration restrictions. More traditionally, he is a pro-labor NAFTA dissident and would have voted for Clinton's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military. Still, these "old" Democrat positions may not work against incumbent Christopher Smith, who beat his last challenger...