Word: lancasterism
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HOWARD MCKEON (R) District 25 (Northern Los Angeles County; Lancaster; Palmdale)
RICHARD BLAIN (D) District 7 (West central--Springfield; Lancaster)
JAMES BLAINE (D) District 16 (Southeast--Lancaster)
The last Democrat Lancaster County elected to Congress was James Buchanan, in 1828. This doesn't seem to bother Blaine, who has an eclectic political vision. He is, for example, able to find socioeconomic reasons for environmental protection and see conservation as an antidote to urban ills like crime and...
"The aims of this year and last year are the same, the processes we work through are the same," Lancaster said. "The difference will be activeness, and this year we won't have the problems with activeness that we had last year because of declining membership.