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BORN: May 16, 1952, Houston EDUCATION: Louisiana State U, B.A., 1974; U of Texas, J.D., 1977 FAMILY: Wife, Beth; three children RELIGION: Presbyterian MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; gubernatorial aide POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 300279, Denver...
BORN: May 2, 1941, New Orleans EDUCATION: U of Southwestern Louisiana, B.S., 1962; U of Kansas, M.A., 1964; U of Connecticut, M.S., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Judith; three children RELIGION: Congregationalist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Medical researcher; biostatistician; professor POLITICAL CAREER: Connecticut Senate, 1991-93; Republican nominee for U.S. House, 1992, 1994 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 696, Higganum...
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...Louisiana has an exceptional past: until the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the land that would become the state had been colonized mainly by French, Spanish and French-speaking Acadians, and it has the strongest French cultural inheritance of any of the states. Louisianans have unfortunately also been poorer than most Americans, and have remained so--as of 1994 the state ranked 47th in median household income. Tough economic times in the mid-'80s led Louisiana to lean Democratic at the same time other Southern states were leaning Republican. More recently, however, the G.O.P. has crept back, leaving the two major...
Equally important, the race tests the party's ability to bridge its racial divisions in the South. Louisiana Democrats, like others in the region, have split into two camps: Landrieu's largely white moderate wing and Fields' predominantly black liberals. Landrieu, a former state treasurer and political moderate--pro-choice but, like Bob Dole, in favor of a capital-gains tax cut--ran afoul of her party's liberals last year when she and Fields were locked in a bitter gubernatorial primary. Fields backers say it was racially insensitive of her to run ads saying she was more electable than...