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Durbin put himself through school after his father died of lung cancer, giving him working-class roots and a chance to highlight his opponent's millionaire status. After 13 years in Congress and an endorsement from retiring Senator Paul Simon, Durbin is the favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: ILLINOIS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Former history teacher Poshard is keeping the Democratic tradition of the 19th alive by lobbying for his farm and coal-miner constituents--disability benefits for those with black-lung disease, research on "clean coal," water projects for agriculture--but he also wants federal spending curbed. It's a political one-two punch likely to keep the likeable Poshard in office another two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: ILLINOIS | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

Running as an "Emercrat," Bill Emerson had been the first Republican to carry the Eighth District in 50 years. Lung cancer took the eight-term Congressman's life this year, and his widow is the G.O.P. nominee in a "special election" to finish his term, which officially ends in January. However, in a bizarre electoral twist, she is also running--as an Independent, on the same day--to win the seat for the next term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: MISSOURI | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

...fourth straight election, Democrats are not running an opponent against Spence, the 13-term incumbent whose district is dominated by affluent--and Republican--suburbs. But Spence, a former Navy officer and the survivor of a double lung transplant, won't know until after Election Day whether House balance of power will allow him to remain head of its National Security Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: SOUTH CAROLINA | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

ALREADY OUT: Representatives Mel Reynolds and Walter Tucker and Senator Bob Packwood quit because of scandal. Representative Kweisi Mfume took over the NAACP. Representative Norman Mineta took a job at Lockheed. Representative Bill Emerson died of lung cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEY CAME, THEY VOTED...THEY QUIT | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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